Stuart Delery
Delery in 2015
White House Counsel
In office
July 1, 2022 – September 11, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDana Remus
Succeeded byEd Siskel
United States Associate Attorney General
Acting
In office
September 15, 2014 – April 17, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byTony West
Succeeded byWilliam Baer
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
In office
March 12, 2012 – April 17, 2016
Acting: March 12, 2012 – August 1, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byTony West
Succeeded byBenjamin Mizer (acting)
Personal details
Born
Stuart Frank Delery

1968 (age 55–56)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Stuart Frank Delery[1] (born 1968)[2] is an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel, from July 2022 to September 2023 succeeding Dana Remus. On August 17, 2023, Delery announced that he would depart his position, with Ed Siskel announced to replace him by early September[3][4]

Previously, Delery had served as Deputy Counsel to the President in the Biden administration, announced in December 2020. Prior to that, he was the Acting United States Associate Attorney General from 2014 to 2016.

Education

Delery earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1993.[1] He served as a law clerk for Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron White, in addition to Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[5]

Career

Delery joined the United States Department of Justice in 2009 as the chief of staff and counselor to the United States Deputy Attorney General. He later served as a senior counselor to the United States Attorney General. From March 2012 to September 2014, Delery served as the 35th Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division.[6] After the resignation of Tony West, Delery served as acting Associate Attorney General from 2014 to 2016.[7][8][9][10] Delery stepped down from his position in April 2016.[11]

After leaving the Department of Justice, Delery worked as a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in white collar defense, constitutional law, and national security. He also maintained a pro bono practice, where he specialized in LGBT and immigration cases.[12][13]

In July 2022, Delery became White House Counsel after the departure of Dana Remus. He is the first openly gay person to hold this role.[14][15]

Personal life

Delery is gay. Upon his nomination as associate attorney general in 2012, he became the highest-ranking openly-gay person serving in the United States Department of Justice.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Stuart Frank Delery Profile". www.martindale.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Stuart F. Delery. Final Senate Judiciary Questionnaire judiciary.senate.gov
  3. ^ "President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel NewWhite House lawyer who advised Biden on pandemic and GOP investigations is set to leave next month". www.AP new.com. August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "President Joe Biden Names Ed Siskel New White House Counsel". www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Stuart F. Delery". Office of Justice Programs. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Gibson Dunn | Delery, Stuart F." Gibson Dunn. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "PN128 - Nomination of Stuart F. Delery for Department of Justice, 114th Congress (2015-2016)". www.congress.gov. December 18, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Stuart F. Delery | The Federalist Society". fedsoc.org. April 26, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Apuzzo, Matt (September 5, 2014). "Justice Dept. Promotes Lawyer to No. 3 Post (Published 2014)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  10. ^ Protess, Ben (November 20, 2020). "S.&P. Nears Settlement With Justice Dept. Over Inflated Ratings". DealBook.
  11. ^ Johnson, Carrie (April 5, 2016). "Justice Department's No. 3 Official Is Stepping Down". NPR.org. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Gibson Dunn | Stuart Delery, Third-Ranking DOJ Official, Joins Gibson Dunn in Washington, DC. Delery has been appointed as Deputy General Counsel to the President of the United States by Joseph Biden". Gibson Dunn. September 12, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Stuart Delery - Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  14. ^ Samuels, Brett (July 15, 2022). "White House counsel Dana Remus to leave role next month". The Hill. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  15. ^ Johnson, Carrie (June 15, 2022). "Dana Remus made legal history in the White House. Now she's moving on". NPR. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  16. ^ "Openly Gay Stuart Delery To Serve As Acting Associate Attorney General. Delery has a husband, Richard, and two children, Michael and Sebastian". On Top Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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