Curtis E. Gannon

Curtis E. Gannon (born October 7, 1973) is the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice. He was appointed to this position on 20 January 2017 by President Donald Trump.[1]

Curtis E. Gannon
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel[1]
In office
20 January 2017 – November 13, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byKarl R. Thompson (acting)
Succeeded bySteven Engel
Personal details
Born (1973-10-07) October 7, 1973[2]
Imperial, California
Alma materHarvard University (AB)
University of London (MA)
University of Chicago Law School (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Early life and education

Gannon graduated from Harvard University in 1994 and earned his master's degree at University of London, before earning a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review) in 1998.

Prior to assuming office as acting head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Gannon was assistant to the Solicitor General.[3][4] Before that, Gannon was in private practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Gannon clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2004 Term, and Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones.[1][5]

In 2014, Gannon argued the work shift case of Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk on behalf of the Government. In oral argument, Justice Kagan posed a hypothetical to him: There was a federal judge in New York "ages ago . . . who had his clerks — all that they did was help him with his opinions and his cases and that was their principal activity — but had his clerks come early in order to cut his grapefruit and otherwise make breakfast for him."[6] Is cutting grapefruit compensable? The identity of the judge whose clerks prepared grapefruit was later revealed as Edward Weinfeld of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.[7]

On 27 January 2017, Gannon issued a memorandum approving the legality of Executive Order 13769, the controversial "refugee ban" limiting immigration from seven countries.[8]

Upon the confirmation of Steven Engel on November 7, 2017, Gannon's tenure as Acting Assistant Attorney General concluded.[9]

Gannon is a member of the American Law Institute.[10]

References
  1. "Meet the Leadership". justice.gov. United States Department of Justice. January 20, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  2. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  3. Barnes, Robert (November 8, 2016). "Supreme Court seems to favor Miami suing banks whose lending practices led to neighborhood blight". Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. Mann, Ronald (April 26, 2016). "Argument analysis: Justices struggle to read 'tea leaves' in Congress's slipshod drafting of Patent Act provisions for inter partes review". SCOTUS blog. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. Lat, David (January 20, 2017). "D-Day At DOJ: The Trump Administration's 'Beachhead' Team For The Justice Department". Above the Law. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  6. Barnes, Robert (October 8, 2014). "When do work shifts actually end? Supreme Court hears Amazon warehouse case". Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  7. Lat, David (October 9, 2014). "A Blind Item Revealed: A Judge Whose Clerks Must Cut His Grapefruit". Above the Law. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  8. Reilly, Ryan J. (February 2, 2017). "DOJ Releases Legal Memo That Approved Trump's Refugee Ban". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  9. "McCain opposes Trump nominee over torture memos". POLITICO. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  10. "Elected member: Curtis E. Gannon". ALI.org. American Law Institute. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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