Helaine Greenfeld
Greenfeld in 2021
Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs
Acting
In office
January 20, 2021 – November 22, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byStephen Boyd
Succeeded byPaul Hyun (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Helaine Ann Greenfeld
Political partyDemocratic
Children2
EducationYale University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Helaine Ann Greenfeld is an American attorney who was the nominee to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the Biden administration.

Early life and education

A native of Baltimore, Greenfeld earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.[1]

Career

From 2001 to 2006, Greenfeld worked as legal counsel for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. She also worked in the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration, including in the Civil Rights Division and Office of Legal Policy. She later served as chief nominations counsel to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy before returning to the Department of Justice during the Obama administration, working as deputy associate attorney general and a counselor to then-Attorney General Eric Holder.[2] From August 2017 to November 2019, Greenfeld served as chief counsel to Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono. In 2020, she was special counsel to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary during the confirmation process of Amy Coney Barrett.[3]

Biden administration

After Joe Biden assumed office as president in January 2021, Greenfeld joined the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs as acting assistant attorney general. In April 2021, she was nominated to serve in the position in a permanent capacity.[4][5] Hearings were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 23, 2021. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor on July 22, 2021. Greenfeld's nomination ultimately stalled in the Senate and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2022.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Helaine A Greenfeld Profile | Washington, DC Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  2. ↑ Rosin, Hanna (August 4, 2005). "They're Fishing on the Hill, but It's No Vacation". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ Levine, Marianne; Bresnahan, John (September 28, 2020). "Senate Judiciary panel staffs up for Barrett fight". Politico. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "President Biden Announces Six Key Administration Nominations". The White House. April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Helaine Greenfeld - U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs (Jan. 2021-), Assistant Attorney General, Acting - Biography | LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "PN459 — Helaine Ann Greenfeld — Department of Justice 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. January 3, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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