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John Mitnick
General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security
In office
February 26, 2018 – September 17, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byStevan Eaton Bunnell
Succeeded byJonathan Meyer
Personal details
Born
John Marshall Mitnick

(1962-05-08) May 8, 1962 (age 62)[1]
East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.[2]
Political partyRepublican[2]
EducationEmory University (BA)
University of Virginia School of Law (JD)
Oxford University (BA)

John Marshall Mitnick (born May 8, 1962) is an American lawyer who served as General Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Biography

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Education

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He graduated from Emory University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science.[1] He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988 and his Bachelor of Arts degree in jurisprudence from the University of Oxford in 1987.[1]

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From 1988 to 2001, he was a partner with the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Atlanta, Georgia.[3] From 1993 to 1996, he served as an adjunct professor of law at the Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta.[3]

Political candidacy

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He unsuccessfully ran to be a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 4th congressional district in 1996 and unsuccessfully ran to be a member of the Georgia Senate for the state's 40th District in 2000.[2]

Government service

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From 2001 to 2002, he served as a counsel to the assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division within the United States Department of Justice.[3] From 2002 to 2004, he served as an associate general counsel for science and technology at the United States Department of Homeland Security.[3]

During the presidency of George W. Bush, he served as deputy counsel of the Homeland Security Council (2004–2005) and then as associate counsel to the president (2005–2007).[4][3]

He was nominated by President Trump in August 2017 to serve as general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security and was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on February 15, 2018.[5]

He was fired as DHS general counsel on September 17, 2019, reportedly because he had resisted illegal policies and actions pushed by White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In 2020 he endorsed Joe Biden's presidential candidacy, along with multiple other Trump former officials.[13] He also joined over 70 former senior Republican national security officials in issuing a statement, initially released on August 20, 2020, critical of Donald Trump and endorsing Joe Biden.[14]

Corporate career

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He served as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Raytheon from 2007 to 2013.[3]

He served as senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of the Heritage Foundation from 2014 to 2018.[15][16][3]

Works

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Mitnick also co-authored a book with James J. Spence, Jr. in 2010 called Team Baseballs: Artifacts of the Game published by Artifact Publishing.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hubbell, Martindale (April 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 6 - 1997). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561602223.
  2. ^ a b c Mitnick Testimony
  3. ^ a b c d e f g LinkedIn Profile
  4. ^ Phillips, Ariella (April 11, 2017). "Trump nominates deputy secretary of state, DHS counsel". Washington Examiner. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  5. ^ PN860 — John Marshall Mitnick — Department of Homeland Security, 115th Congress (2017-2018)
  6. ^ Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Haberman, Maggie (September 17, 2019). "White House Fires Homeland Security Dept.'s General Counsel". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "DHS lawyer John Mitnick fired as agency faces immigration suits". USA Today.
  8. ^ Jim Acosta, Geneva Sands and Devan Cole (September 18, 2019). "Top Homeland Security lawyer fired in latest leadership shakeup". CNN.
  9. ^ "Another top departure at DHS as general counsel is fired". Washington Examiner. September 18, 2019.
  10. ^ Jake Tapper (April 12, 2019). "WH told by lawyers in February that proposal to drop migrants in sanctuary cities had legal issues". CNN. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  11. ^ Sullivan, Eileen; Shear, Michael D. (April 14, 2019). "Trump Sees an Obstacle to Getting His Way on Immigration: His Own Officials". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Schulkin, Danielle; Brooks, Julia (November 2, 2020). "Loyalty Above All: The "Shallow State" of the Trump Administration".
  13. ^ Solender, Andrew. "All The Former Trump Officials Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden". Forbes. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  14. ^ Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden. "A Statement by Former Republican National Security Officials". Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  15. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. April 11, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017 – via National Archives.
  16. ^ Lima, Cristiano (April 11, 2017). "Trump to nominate John Sullivan as Tillerson's No. 2 at State". Politico. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  17. ^ Mitnick, John M.; Spence, Jr., James J. (2010). Team Baseballs: Artifacts of the Game. McLean, Virginia, USA: Artifact Publishing. pp. vii. ISBN 978-0-615-36628-9.
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Preceded by
Stevan Eaton Bunnell
 General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
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