Caroline D. Krass
Caroline Diane Krass (born January 5, 1968) is an American attorney and government official who currently serves as the General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
Caroline D. Krass | |
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| General Counsel of the Department of Defense | |
| Assumed office August 2, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Paul C. Ney Jr. |
| General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office March 13, 2014 – May 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Robert Eatinger (acting) Stephen W. Preston. |
| Succeeded by | Courtney Simmons Elwood |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | |
Acting | |
| In office January 2011 – September 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Cedarbaum |
| Succeeded by | Virginia A. Seitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Caroline Diane Krass January 5, 1968 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | William Passmore |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Krass was a partner at the Washington office of the Los Angeles–based law firm Gibson Dunn (formerly Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher). She served as General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency from 2014 to 2017, and prior to that as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, and briefly as the Acting Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. She has also been a lawyer in the State Department, the Treasury Department, United States National Security Council, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.