Stuart Delery
American lawyer (born 1968)
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Stuart Frank Delery[1] (born 1968)[2] is an American attorney who served as White House Counsel from July 2022 to September 2023.[3][4] Previously, he served as Deputy Counsel to the President in the Biden administration and as Acting United States Associate Attorney General from 2014 to 2016.
Stuart Delery | |
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Delery in 2015 | |
| White House Counsel | |
| In office July 1, 2022 – September 11, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Dana Remus |
| Succeeded by | Ed Siskel |
| United States Associate Attorney General | |
Acting | |
| In office September 15, 2014 – April 17, 2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tony West |
| Succeeded by | William Baer |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | |
| In office March 12, 2012 – April 17, 2016 Acting: March 12, 2012 – August 1, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tony West |
| Succeeded by | Jody Hunt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stuart Frank Delery 1968 (age 57–58) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Education
Delery earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1993.[1] He served as a law clerk for Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron White, in addition to Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[5]
Career
Delery joined the United States Department of Justice in 2009 as the chief of staff and counselor to the United States Deputy Attorney General. He later served as a senior counselor to the United States Attorney General. From March 2012 to September 2014, Delery served as the 35th Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division.[6] After the resignation of Tony West, Delery served as acting Associate Attorney General from 2014 to 2016.[7][8][9][10] Delery stepped down from his position in April 2016.[11]
After leaving the Department of Justice, Delery worked as a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in white collar defense, constitutional law, and national security. He also maintained a pro bono practice, where he specialized in LGBT and immigration cases.[12][13]
In July 2022, Delery became White House Counsel after the departure of Dana Remus. He is the first openly gay person to hold this role.[14][15]
Personal life
Delery is gay. Upon his nomination as associate attorney general in 2012, he became the highest-ranking openly-gay person serving in the United States Department of Justice.[16]