David W. Ogden
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| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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In office March 12, 2009 – February 2010 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mark Filip |
| Succeeded by | Gary Grindler (Acting) James M. Cole |
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| Born | November 12, 1953 |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
David William Ogden (born November 12, 1953), known professionally as David W. Ogden, is the former Deputy Attorney General of the United States. An American lawyer, Ogden was a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense during the administration of President Bill Clinton.
Ogden is the son of Horace G. "Hod" Ogden (1925-1998), who was the first director of the Bureau of Health Education at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (and previously had worked for the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), and Elaine Ogden.
Ogden earned an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and a J.D. magna cum laude in 1981 from Harvard Law School. He served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. In 1981-82, Ogden worked as a law clerk for U.S. district judge Abraham David Sofaer, and in 1982-83, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry Blackmun.
Ogden began his career in Washington, D.C. as an associate from 1983 until 1985 at the law firm of Ennis Friedman & Bersoff, and he served as a partner at that firm from 1986 until 1988. From 1988 until 1994, Ogden was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block. From 1994-95, he served as the Deputy General Counsel and the Legal Counsel for the United States Department of Defense. From 1995-97, he was an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice, and from 1997 until 1998, Ogden was Counselor to the United States Attorney General. From 1998-99, he was chief of staff to the United States Attorney General, and from 1999-2000, he was Acting Assistant Attorney General. From 2000-01, he was the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division in the United States Department of Justice.
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