President Trump announced 26 additions to the White House Counsel team with many attorneys hailing from large law firms.
Fifteen of the 26 came from Big Law, with the most lawyers coming from Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis: Trump tapped four attorneys from each firm.
Of course, some of these names have already been mentioned in the media , but Trump brought the official word on Tuesday. The announcement said they will serve under White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II, who joined the administration from Jones Day.
Below, we’ve broken down the lawyers by the firms where they join from, as well as government agencies and other organizations.
Jones Day
Greg Katsas serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President.
Annie Donaldson serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and Special Counsel to the President.
James Burnham serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate Counsel to the President.
David Morrell serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Makan Delrahim serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President.
Kirkland & Ellis
John Eisenberg serves as Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council Legal Advisor, and Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs.
Mike McGinley serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
John Moran serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Claire Murray serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Dentons
Stefan Passantino serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President.
Sullivan & Cromwell
Jed Doty serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Paul Hastings
Stuart McCommas serves as Deputy Associate Counsel to the President.
Williams & Connolly
Brian Rabbitt serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Schuyler Schouten serves as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President.
Cozen O’Connor
James Schultz serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate Counsel to the President.
Ford Motor Company
Jim Carroll serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Counsel to the President.
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Stacy Cline Amin serves as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President.
Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush (previously an associate with Covington & Burling)
Rene Augustine serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate to the President.
Assistant to the Solicitor General (previously an associate with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher)
John Bash serves as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President.
U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee (previously a partner with Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl of Dallas.)
Uttam Dhillon serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate Counsel to the President.
U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Michael Ellis serves as Special Assistant to the President, Senior Associate Counsel to the President, and Deputy National Security Council Legal Advisor.
Cause of Action
Daniel Epstein serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Office of Congressional Ethics
Scott Gast serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate Counsel to the President.
U.S. House of Representatives on the Judiciary Committee’s Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations subcommittee
Chris Grieco serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Rob Luther serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
Transportation Security Administration (previously a senior advisor with Kilpatrick Stockton)
John Walk serves as Associate Counsel to the President.
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