Rachel Brand

Rachel Brand (2017)

Inauguration Brands with Attorney General Jeff Sessions (left)

Rachel Lee Brand (born May 1, 1973 in Muskegon , Michigan ) is an American lawyer . She was US Associate Attorney General from May 22, 2017 to February 20, 2018, the third highest office in the United States Department of Justice . She moved into the private sector at Walmart .

Life

Rachel Brand is the daughter of dairy farmers of Dutch origin. She grew up in Pella , Iowa , and graduated from Pella Christian High School in 1991. She began studying at the University of Minnesota in Morris , got there in 1995 after a stay in Merida (Venezuela) the Bachelor degree and went to Harvard Law School to study law . There she worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and was involved in the conservative Federalist Society . In 1998 she graduated from there with a Juris Doctor .

From 1998 to 1999, Brand Law clerk was Charles Frieds , a Harvard professor and judge at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court . Brand was admitted to the bar in 1999 in New York and in 2000 in the District of Columbia . In 1999 she advised the - unsuccessful - preparatory committee Elizabeth Doles for the 2000 presidential election and, after a brief activity for a Washington law firm, was a member of the transition team of President-elect George W. Bush at the beginning of 2001 - during the recount of the presidential election results in Florida ( Bush v. Gore ) them in Tallahassee spot. Brand then worked in the Bush administration until 2002 for the White House legal advisor Alberto R. Gonzales , for whom she helped set up the Ministry of Homeland Security after 9/11 . Between 2002 and 2003 Brand worked as a law clerk for the Supreme Court judge Anthony Kennedy and from 2003 for the US Department of Justice, from 2005 as Assistant Attorney General for legal policy, responsible, among other things, for the preparation of the Supreme Court candidate John G. Roberts and Samuel Alito at their Senate hearings. In 2008 she returned to a Washington law firm, where she worked until 2011. From 2010 she was Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University and worked for the US Chamber Litigation Center, particularly against market regulations , which brought her to the 2017 Senate hearing the accusation of being too corporate-friendly. From 2012 to 2017, under President Barack Obama , Brand was a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board , an independent oversight agency within the White House protecting civil rights in the fight against terrorism .

US President Donald Trump nominated Brand as US Associate Attorney General on February 1, 2017. The nomination was forwarded to the Senate plenum in April 2017 by the Justice Committee with 11 to 9 votes (along the party lines). On May 18, she was confirmed to office by the United States Senate by 52 votes to 46 and sworn in on May 22. She was the first woman in this office and was responsible for civil rights, environmental and antitrust issues - and thus for overseeing controversial issues such as transgender rights and the entry moratorium against citizens of Muslim majority countries ( Executive Order 13780 ). If her direct superior Rod Rosenstein had declared himself biased about his role in the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey , Brand would have had to take over the supervision of the investigation against President Trump and his team in connection with suspected Russia connections , the special investigator Robert Mueller leads. Brand's lack of experience in law enforcement was considered problematic . On February 9, 2018, the Ministry of Justice announced that Brand would leave the house and switch to the private sector.

Brand joined as Vice President ( EVP ) and as Corporate Secretary to Walmart . She took up her position at Walmart on February 20, 2018.

Brand met her future husband Jonathan Cohn at Harvard , who also worked temporarily for the US Department of Justice. The couple have two sons. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is active in her local parish. In February 2018, she and her family moved to Bentonville , Arkansas .

Web links

Meet the Associate Attorney General. In: Justice.gov (English).
Rachel Brand Public Questionnaire. In: Judiciary.Senate.gov (English, PDF).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sari Horwitz: Former Bush official Rachel Brand takes over No. 3 position at Justice Dept. In: The Washington Post , May 28, 2017.

↑ ^a ^b Ethan Goetz, Nicole Presley: Locals, friends comment on Rachel Brand nomination for associate attorney general. In: The Oskaloosa Herald , February 8, 2017 (English).

↑ ^a ^b Seth Stern: Committed to government service but not to big government. In: Harvard Law Today , July 1, 2013 (English, interview with Brand).

↑ See Dana Milbank : White House Counsel Office Now Full of Clinton Legal Foes. In: The Washington Post , January 30, 2001.

↑ Kelly Cohen: Senate confirms Rachel Brand as associate attorney general. In: The Washington Examiner , May 18, 2017.

↑ Mike Levine, Pierre Thomas: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledges he may need to recuse himself from Russia probe, sources say. In: ABC News , June 16, 2017 (English).

↑ Jack Goldsmith, Benjamin Wittes: If Rod Rosenstein Recuses: What Happens Next? In: Lawfareblog , June 16, 2017 (English).

^ Associate Attorney General to Leave Justice Department for Private Sector. In: Justice.gov , February 9, 2018 (English).

↑ Katie Benner: No. 3 Official at the Justice Department Is Stepping Down. In: The New York Times , February 9, 2018. For the alleged reasons for the move, see Julia Ainsley: Top Justice Department official Brand quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probe. In: NBC News , February 12, 2018.

↑ Jonathan Cohn. ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Federalist Society . @1@ 2

↑ Rachel Brand Joins Walmart as Executive Vice President, Global Governance and Corporate Secretary. Press release. In: Walmart.com , February 9, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Brand, Rachel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brand, Rachel Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1st 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Muskegon , Michigan

[horwitz-1] Sari Horwitz: Former Bush official Rachel Brand takes over No. 3 position at Justice Dept. In: The Washington Post , May 28, 2017.

[goetz-2] Ethan Goetz, Nicole Presley: Locals, friends comment on Rachel Brand nomination for associate attorney general. In: The Oskaloosa Herald , February 8, 2017 (English).

[stern-3] Seth Stern: Committed to government service but not to big government. In: Harvard Law Today , July 1, 2013 (English, interview with Brand).

[4] See Dana Milbank : White House Counsel Office Now Full of Clinton Legal Foes. In: The Washington Post , January 30, 2001.

[5] Kelly Cohen: Senate confirms Rachel Brand as associate attorney general. In: The Washington Examiner , May 18, 2017.

[6] Mike Levine, Pierre Thomas: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledges he may need to recuse himself from Russia probe, sources say. In: ABC News , June 16, 2017 (English).

[7] Jack Goldsmith, Benjamin Wittes: If Rod Rosenstein Recuses: What Happens Next? In: Lawfareblog , June 16, 2017 (English).

[8] Associate Attorney General to Leave Justice Department for Private Sector. In: Justice.gov , February 9, 2018 (English).

[9] Katie Benner: No. 3 Official at the Justice Department Is Stepping Down. In: The New York Times , February 9, 2018. For the alleged reasons for the move, see Julia Ainsley: Top Justice Department official Brand quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probe. In: NBC News , February 12, 2018.