The Office of the Associate Attorney General advises and assists the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in formulating and implementing Departmental policies and programs pertaining to a broad range of civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters. The Office oversees the following DOJ components: Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Tax Division, Office of Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Community Relations Service, Office of Dispute Resolution, Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Information Policy, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

Thomas J. Perrelli was sworn in on March 12, 2009, as the Associate Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice.

Mr. Perrelli previously served in the Department as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno (1997 – 2001) and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in heading up the Civil Division’s Federal Programs Branch (1999 – 2001). In private practice, Mr. Perrelli worked for the national litigation firm of Jenner & Block LLP, where he co-chaired the firm’s Entertainment and New Media practice group and served as Managing Partner of its Washington, D.C. office (1992 – 1997, 2001 – 2009).

Mr. Perrelli graduated from Brown University and the Harvard Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk for Hon. Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1991 – 1992).

He is married and has two children.