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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 20530, phone (202) 514–2000 http://www.usdoj.gov ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General; born in New York City, NY, education: Columbia College, 1973; Columbia Law School, 1976; professional: Department of Justice Criminal Division, 1976–88; Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1988– 93; United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1993–97; Deputy Attorney General, 1997–2001; partner with law firm of Covington & Burling L.L.P., 2001–09; nominated by President Barack Obama to become the Attorney General of the United States on December 1, 2008 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 2, 2009. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RFK Main Justice Building, Room 5111, phone (202) 514–2001 Attorney General.—Eric H. Holder, Jr. Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Attorney General.—Gary G. Grindler, room 5115, 514–3892. Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor.—Monty Wilkinson, room 5112, 514–9798. Counselors to the Attorney General: Denise Cheung, room 5116, 305–7378; Stuart Delery, room 5110, 616–7740; Molly Moran, room 5134, 305–8674; Margaret Richardson, room 5119, 514–9665. Counsels to the Attorney General: Aaron Lewis, room 5214, 616–2372; Jenny Mosier, room 5230, 514–9797. Director of Advance.—Vincent Fazzio, room 5131, 514–4195. Director of Scheduling.—Linda Long, room 5127, 514–4195. Confidential Assistant.—Annie Bradley, room 5111, 514–2001. OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL RFK Main Justice Building, Room 4111, phone (202) 514–2101 Deputy Attorney General.—James M. Cole, room 4111. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General.—Lisa O. Monaco, room 4208, 514–2105. Chief of Staff and Counselor.—Stuart M. Goldberg, room 4210, 305–8878. Associate Deputy Attorneys General: James A. Baker, room 4311, 514–6907; Charlotte A. Burrows, room 4129, 514–6753; Deborah A. Johnston, room 4116, 305–3481; David Margolis, room 4113, 514–4945; David O’Neil, room 4218, 514–3712; Scott N. Schools, room 4119, 305–7848; Robert N. Weiner, room 4216, 305–4127. Associate Deputy Attorney General and Director, OCDETF.—James H. Dinan, room 4115, 514–0049. Senior Counsels to the Deputy Attorney General: Armando O. Bonilla, room 4313, 616–1621; Jason C. Chipman, room 4220, 353–3030; Karyn Temple Claggett, room 4214, 514–5705; Eric R. Columbus, room 4131, 307–2510; Bradley T. Smith, room 4315, 305–9886; Miriam Vogel, room 4215, 514–7473. Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General.—Jessica Hertz, room 4409, 307–1045. Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General.—Mark E. Michalic, room 4112, 514–0438. Confidential Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General.—Melanie L. Dix, room 4111, 514–1904. Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer.—Nancy C. Libin, room 4222, 307–0697. Director, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Forces.—Robb C. Adkins, room 4114, 514–4680. National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.—Francey Hakes, room 4415, 305–0620. Senior Counsel for Rule of Law.—Joseph Jones, room 4317, 514–9340. Counsel for Rule of Law–Iraq.—Douglas A. Allen, room 4411, 514–3853. Counsel for Rule of Law–Afghanistan.—Brian Tomney, room 4413, 305–8657. 649 650 Congressional Directory OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL RFK Main Justice Building, Room 5706, phone (202) 514–9500 Associate Attorney General.—Thomas J. Perrelli. Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General.—Elizabeth G. Taylor. Deputy Associate Attorneys General: Helaine Greenfeld, room 5722, 616–0038; Samuel Hirsch, room 5732, 616–2728; Karol V. Mason, room 5726, 514–0624; A. Marisa Chun, room 5724, 305–1777. Senior Counsel to the Associate Attorney General.—Brian Hauck, room 5730, 353–2811. Counsel to the Associate Attorney General.—Mala Adiga, 307–5803. Confidential Assistant.—Currie Gunn, room 5708, 305–2636. Staff Assistant.—Nathaniel Gamble, room 5706, 514–5732. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL RFK Main Justice Building, Room 5143, phone (202) 514–2201 http://www.usdoj.gov/osg Solicitor General.—Neal Kumar Katyal (acting), room 5143, 514–2201. Principal Deputy Solicitor General.—Leondra R. Kruger (acting), room 5143, 514–4038. Deputy Solicitors General: Michael R. Dreeben, room 5623, 514–2255; Edwin S. Kneedler, room 5137, 514–3261; Malcolm L. Stewart, room 5137, 514–4218. Executive Officer.—Valerie H. Hall, room 5142, 514–3957. Supervisory Case Management Specialist.—Emily C. Spadoni, room 5608, 514–2218. Chief, Research and Publications Section.—Vacant, room 6634, 514–4459. ANTITRUST DIVISION RFK Main Justice Building, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 20530 Liberty Square Building, 450 5th Street, NW., 20530 (LSB) Assistant Attorney General.—Christine A. Varney, room 3109 (202) 514–2401. Deputy Assistant Attorneys General: Katherine Forrest, room 3214, 353–1535; Scott M. Hammond, room 3214, 514–3543; Sharis A. Pozen, room 3113, 514–0497; Joseph Wayland, room 3121, 514–1157;. Director of: Civil Enforcement.—Patricia A. Brink, room 3213, 514–2562. Criminal Enforcement.—Marc Siegel, room 3214, 353–1535. Economics Enforcement.—W. Robert Majure, room 3416. Operations.—Katherine Forrest, room 3214, 514–3544. Freedom of Information Act Officer.—SueAnn Slates (LSB), room 1040, 307–1398. Executive Officer.—Thomas D. King (LSB), room 10150, 514–4005. Section Chiefs: Appellate.—Catherine G. O’Sullivan, room 3222, 514–2413. Competition Policy.—W. Robert Majure, room 3416, 9400, 307–6341. Economic Litigation.—Norman Familant (LSB), room 9912, 307–6323. Economic Regulatory.—Beth Armington (LSB), room 3700, 307–6332. Foreign Commerce.—Edward T. Hand (LSB), room 11000, 514–2464. Legal Policy.—Robert A. Potter (LSB), room 11700, 514–2512. Litigation I.—Joshua H. Soven (LSB), room 4700, 307–0001. Litigation II.—Maribeth Petrizzi (LSB), room 8700, 307–0924. Litigation III.—John R. Read (LPB), room 300, 616–5935. National Criminal Enforcement.—Lisa M. Phelan (LSB), room 11400, 307–6694. Networks and Technology.—James Tierney (LSB), room 7700, 307–6640. Telecommunications and Media.—Nancy M. Goodman (LSB), room 7000, 514–5621. Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture.—Donna Kooperstein (LSB), room 8000, 307–6349. FIELD OFFICES California: Phillip H. Warren, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 10–0101, Box 36046, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 436–6660. Georgia: Nezida S. Davis, Richard B. Russell Building, 75 Spring Street, SW., Suite 1176, Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 331–7100. Department of Justice 651 Illinois: Marvin N. Price, Jr., Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 353–7530. New York: Ralph T. Giordano, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 3630, New York, NY 10278 (212) 264–0391. New York: Deirdre A. McEvoy, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 3630, New York, NY 10278– 1040, (212) 264–0391. Ohio: Scott M. Watson, Plaza 9 Building, 55 Erieview Plaza, Suite 700, Cleveland, OH 44114 (216) 522–4070. Pennsylvania: Robert E. Connolly, Curtis Center, One Independence Square West, 7th and Walnut Streets, Suite 650, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 597–7405. Texas: Duncan S. Currie, Thanksgiving Tower, 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4950, Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 880–9401. CIVIL DIVISION RFK Main Justice Building, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 20530 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 20530 (20MASS) 1100 L Street, NW., 20530 (L ST) National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 20530 (NATP) 1425 New York Avenue, NW., 20530 (NYAV) Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW., 20530 (PHB) Assistant Attorney General.—Tony West, room 3601 (202) 514–3301. Chief of Staff.—Brian Martinez, room 3605, 353–2793. APPELLATE STAFF Deputy Assistant Attorney General.—Beth Brinkmann, room 3135, 353–8679. Director.—Robert E. Kopp, room 7519, 514–3311. Deputy Director.—William Kanter, room 7517, 514–4575. COMMERCIAL LITIGATION BRANCH Deputy Assistant Attorney General.—Michael F. Hertz, room 3607, 514–7179. Directors: David M. Cohen (L ST), room 12124, 514–7300; John N. Fargo (L ST), room 11116, 514–7223; J. Christopher Kohn (L ST), room 10036, 514–7450. Office of Foreign Litigation.—Robert Hollis (L ST), room 11006, 514–7455. Deputy Directors: Joyce R. Branda (PHB), room 9904, 307–0231; Jeanne Davidson (L ST), room 12132, 307–0290. Legal Officer.—Donna C. Maizel, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Euro- pean Office, The American Embassy, London, England, PSC 801, Box 42, FPO AE, 09498–4042, 9+011–44–20–7894–0840. Attorney-in-Charge.—Barbara Williams, Suite 359, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278 (212) 264–9240. CONSUMER LITIGATION Deputy Assistant Attorney General.—Ann Ravel, room 3127, 514–0441. Director.—Eugene M. Thirolf (NATP), room 950N, 307–3009. FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH Deputy Assistant Attorney General.—Ian Gershengorn, room 3137, 514–2331. Directors: Felix Baxter (20MASS), room 7100, 514–4651; Joseph H. Hunt, room 7348, 514–1259; Jennifer D. Richetts (20MASS), room 6100, 514–3671. Deputy Directors: Vincent M. Garvey (20MASS), room 7346, 514–3449; Sheila M. Lieber (20MASS), room 7102, 514–3786. IMMIGRATION LITIGATION Deputy Assistant Attorney General.—William H. Orrick III, room 3131, 353–7958. Director.—Thomas W. Hussey (NATP), room 7026S, 616–4852. Deputy Directors: Donald E. Keener (NATP), room 7022S, 616–4878; David J. Kline (NATP), room 7006N, 616–4856; David M. McConnell (NATP), room 7260N, 616–4881. 652 Congressional Directory MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS Director.—Kenneth L. Zwick, room 3140, 514–4552. Directors, Office of: Administration.—Donna Cornett (L ST), room 9018, 307–0261. Planning, Budget, and Evaluation.—Linda S. Liner (L ST), room 9042, 307–0034.
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