DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Constitution Avenue and Tenth Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20530 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES__ Counselor to the Attorney General_ Deputy Attorney General__. Associate Deputy Attorney General_. Associate Attorney General_. Deputy Associate Attorney General_ GRIFFIN B. BELL. Executive Assistant to the Associate Attorney General__ KEVIN D. ROONEY. Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel------ · Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Office of Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division_. - Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division__. Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration___ Director, United States Marshals Service___ Director, Community Relations Service___ Chairman, United States Parole Commission__. Chairman, Board of Immigration Appeals‒‒‒‒‒ WADE H. MCCREE, JR. JOHN M. HARMON, Acting. DANIEL J. MEADOR. KEVIN D. ROONEY, Acting. PETER R. TAFT. MYRON C. BAUM, Acting. JAMES GREGG, Acting. Acting. DAVID L. MILHOLLAN. [For the Department of Justice statement of organization, see Code of Federal Regulations, Title 28, Chapter I, Part 0] As the largest law firm in the Nation, the Department of Justice serves as counsel for its citizens. It represents them in enforcing the law in the public interest. Through its thousands of lawyers, investigators, and agents, the Department plays the key role in protection against criminals and subversion, in ensuring healthy competition of business in our free enterprise system, in safeguarding the consumer, and in enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalization laws. The Department also plays a significant role in protecting citizens through its efforts for effective law enforcement, crime prevention, crime detection, and prosecution and rehabilitation of offenders. Moreover, the Department conducts all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States is concerned. It represents the Government in legal matters generally, rendering legal advice and opinions, upon request, to the President and to the heads of the executive departments. The Attorney General supervises and directs these activities, as well as those of the United States Attorneys and U.S. Marshals in the various judicial districts around the country. The Department of Justice was established by the act of June 22, 1870 (16 Stat. 162; 28 U.S.C. 501, 503), with the Attorney General at its head. Prior to 1870 the Attorney General was a member of the President's Cabinet, but not the head of a department, the office having been created under authority of the act of September 24, Offices ATTORNEY GENERAL The Attorney General, as head of the Department of Justice and chief law officer of the Federal Government, represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. The Attorney General appears in person to represent the Government in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases of exceptional gravity or importance. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL The Deputy Attorney General assists the Attorney General in providing general supervision and direction over organizational units primarily concerned with criminal law or investigative matters. In the absence of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General acts as Attorney General. The Deputy Attorney General bears substantial responsibility for appeals brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. The Executive Office for United States Attorneys is under the immediate direction of the Deputy Attorney General. 1789, as amended (1 Stat. 92, 16 Stat. 162; 28 U.S.C. 503). The affairs and activities of the Department of Justice are generally directed by the Attorney General. The offices, divisions, bureaus, and boards of the Department are described below. The Office of the Deputy Attorney General also coordinates Federal activities during civil disturbances and provides policy direction in the participation of the United States in the International Criminal Police Organization. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL The Associate Attorney General assists the Attorney General in providing general supervision and direction over organizational units primarily concerned with civil matters and matters relating to the internal administration of the Department. The Office of the Associate Attorney General is responsible for matters concerning appointments to the Federal judiciary and those positions within the Department of Justice filled by Presidential appointment. The Office also administers the attorney hiring programs of the Department as well as overseeing the personnel activity of the entire legal staff. SOLICITOR GENERAL The Solicitor General is in charge of representing the Government in the Supreme Court. He decides what cases the Government should ask the Supreme Court to review and what position the Government should take in United States Attorneys and Marshals cases before the Court; he supervises the preparation of the Government's Supreme Court briefs and other legal NOTE: Address same for both except where otherwise indicated by A (Attorney) and M (Marshal) U.S. Attorneys Wayman G. Sherrer. New York, Northern........... New York, Southern.. New York, Eastern.. New York, Western... James L. Treece.. R. Jackson B. 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