Jamie Gorelick
Jamie S. Gorelick (/ɡəˈrɛlɪk/; born May 6, 1950) is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration. She has been a partner at WilmerHale since 2003 and has served on the board of directors of Amazon since February 2012.
Jamie Gorelick | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | |
| Assumed office March 21, 2022 Serving with William Bratton | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | William Webster |
| 28th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office March 17, 1994 – May 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Philip Heymann |
| Succeeded by | Eric Holder |
| General Counsel of the Department of Defense | |
| In office May 5, 1993 – March 17, 1994 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | David Addington |
| Succeeded by | Judith Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamie Shona Gorelick May 6, 1950 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Richard Waldhorn (m. 1975) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Shirley Gorelick (mother) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Gorelick served on British Petroleum's Advisory Council, as their top legal counsel after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She was appointed by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the September 11 attacks, and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.
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