1/28/2019 Jeannie Rhee - Wikipedia Jeannie Rhee Jeannie Hae Rhee (born c. 1972) is an American lawyer. Jeannie Rhee has previously served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General during the Obama administration.[1] In 2017, Rhee was appointed by special counsel Robert Mueller to join the 2017 special counsel team to investigate Russia's intervention into the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.[2] Contents Early life and family Education Career References Early life and family Rhee's parents grew up in Korea and they immigrated to the United States.[3] Rhee's husband, Christopher Rhee, formerly Christopher Sclafani, served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.[4][5] Education Rhee graduated from Yale University for her Bachelor's and graduated summa cum laude. Rhee received her Juris Doctor (JD) from Yale Law School.[6] Career In 2000, Rhee served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.[7] In 2006, Rhee joined Wilmer Hale. From 2009 to 2011, Rhee served as a deputy assistant attorney general and provided counsel to the former Attorney General Eric Holder. Rhee rejoined Wilmer Hale in 2011 as a partner in the Litigation/Controversy Department.[8] Rhee specializes in cybersecurity and data breach investigation.[9] Upon receiving the special counsel appointment from Mueller in 2017, Rhee resigned from the WilmerHale law firm and joined Mueller's special counsel team.[10] Previously, Rhee represented Hillary Clinton during the 2015 lawsuit regarding her private emails.[11] Rhee also represented ex-Obama National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and the Clinton Foundation in a 2015 racketeering case.[12] References 1. Johnson, Carrie. "Special Counsel Mueller Lets His Actions Do The Talking: 15 Hires, More to Come" (https://www.np r.org/2017/07/08/535813901/special-counsel-mueller-lets-his-actions-do-the-talking-15-hires-more-to-come). NPR. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 2. Barrett, Devlin; Zapotosky, Matt; Vitkovskaya, Julie; Granados, Samuel. "Who's who in Mueller's Investigation into Russia Ties" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/muellers-team/). The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Rhee 1/2 1/28/2019 Jeannie Rhee - Wikipedia 3. "Jeannie Rhee" (http://www.diversityjournal.com/13661-jeannie-rhee-wilmerhale/). Diversity Journal. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 4. Singman, Brooke. "Top Mueller investigator's Democratic ties raise new bias questions" (http://www.foxnews.com/polit ics/2017/12/07/another-mueller-investigators-democratic-ties-raise-new-bias-questions.html). Fox News. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 5. "New Law Could Make Brangelina Mr. and Mrs. Brad Jolie" (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story? id=2972774&page=1). ABC News. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 6. "Jeannie Rhee" (https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/18243666-jeannie-s-rhee). Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 7. Shabad, Rebecca; Tillett, Emily; Guild, Blair; Watson, Kathryn. "These are the lawyers on Robert Mueller's special counsel team" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/these-are-the-lawyers-on-robert-muellers-special-counsel-team/). CBS News. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 8. "Former DOJ Counsel Jeannie Rhee Rejoins WilmerHale" (https://www.wilmerhale.com/pages/publicationsandnewsd etail.aspx?NewsPubId=101082). WilmerHale. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 9. Oliver, Sharon. "Jeannie Rhee: The Female Powerhouse In Robert Mueller's Justice League" (http://sheprevailed.co m/jeannie-rhee-the-female-powerhouse-in-robert-muellers-justice-league/). She Prevailed. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 10. Mark, Michelle. "Meet the all-star team of lawyers Robert Mueller has assembled for the Trump-Russia investigation" (http://www.businessinsider.com/lawyers-robert-mueller-hired-for-the-trump-russia-investigation-2017-6/#jeannie-rhee -3). Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-01-18. 11. Noble, Andrea. "Mueller's all-star legal team in Russia probe signals direction of investigation" (https://m.washingtonti mes.com/news/2017/jul/4/robert-mueller-hires-star-lawyers-for-team/). The Washington Times. Retrieved 2018-01-19. 12. Singman, Brooke. "More Clinton ties on Mueller team: One deputy attended Clinton party, another rep'd top aide" (htt ps://www.foxnews.com/politics/more-clinton-ties-on-mueller-team-one-deputy-attended-clinton-party-another-repd-top -aide). fox News. Retrieved 2018-12-11. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeannie_Rhee&oldid=873363640" This page was last edited on 12 December 2018, at 18:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Rhee 2/2.