Hampton Dellinger
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy
In office
November 1, 2021 – June 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBeth Ann Williams
Succeeded bySusan Davies (acting)
Personal details
Born
Hampton Yeats Dellinger

(1967-04-30) April 30, 1967 (age 56)
Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJolynn Childers
RelationsWalter Dellinger (father)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Hampton Yeats Dellinger (born April 30, 1967)[1] is an American attorney and political candidate who served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy. He was previously a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner[2] and Robinson, Bradshaw, and Hinson.

Education

Dellinger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[3]

Career

From January 2001 to June 2003, he served as legal counsel for Governor Mike Easley. From July 2001 to June 2003, he also served as a member of the governor's advisory council on Hispanic/Latino affairs. From July 2003 to January 2008, he was a partner with the firm Womble Carlyle.[4]

From 2008 to 2013, Dellinger was a lawyer in the office of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson[4] and a candidate for the 2008 Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of North Carolina. In his first run for elective office, he lost the Democratic primary on May 6, 2008 to Walter H. Dalton.[5] From 2013 to 2020, he was a partner at the Washington, D.C. office of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.[4] He has been practicing as a solo practitioner since November 2020.

In 2009, Senator Kay Hagan recommended Dellinger and two other lawyers to President Barack Obama for consideration as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Obama eventually nominated attorney Thomas G. Walker instead.[6]

On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Senate voted 53-37 to confirm Dellinger as the United States Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy.[7] He was sworn in on November 1, 2021.[8]

On October 3, 2023 Dellinger was nominated to be the next United States Special Counsel.[9]

Personal life

Dellinger is the son of the late law professor and former acting Solicitor General of the United States, Walter E. Dellinger III.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Hampton Dellinger". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Baxter, Brian (December 22, 2014). "In Partner Promotions, Boies Schiller Sees Its Future". The American Lawyer. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "President Biden Announces Five Key Nominations". The White House. June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Pittenger, Dalton will compete for lieutenant governor". Winston-Salem Journal. May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "President Obama Nominates Four U.S Attorneys". whitehouse.gov. November 30, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "U.S. Senate: Votes".
  8. ^ "Meet the Assistant Attorney General". www.justice.gov. December 14, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "President Biden Announces Hampton Dellinger as Nominee for Special Counsel, Office of the Special Counsel" (Press release). The White House. October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

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