George J. Terwilliger III
| George J. Terwilliger III | |
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| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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In office November 26, 1991 – January 20, 1993 |
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| President | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | William P. Barr |
| Succeeded by | Philip B. Heymann |
| United States Attorney for the District of Vermont | |
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In office 1986–1990 |
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| President |
Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 5, 1950 New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Carol H. Terwilliger |
| Alma mater |
Seton Hall University (B.A) Antioch School of Law (J.D.) |
George J. Terwilliger III (born June 5, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of McGuireWoods LLP and is a former United States Deputy Attorney General and acting United States Attorney General. Terwilliger, of Vermont, was nominated on February 14, 1992, by President George H.W. Bush to be Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He would succeed William Pelham Barr. As Deputy Attorney General, Terwilliger became the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and ran the day-to-day operations of the Department, serving in that position from 1991 through 1993. He was appointed to the position after serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. In addition, he currently serves on the Advisory Board of Intellaine, LLP, a U.S. defense and risk engineering firm located in Arlington, Virginia.
Terwilliger was born June 5, 1950, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He graduated from Seton Hall University (B.A., 1973) and Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1978). Married, Terwilliger has three children, and resides in Oakton, Virginia.
After admission to the bar, from 1978 to 1981, Terwilliger served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. He then became U.S. Attorney for Vermont (1986-1990) and later Deputy U.S. Attorney General (1991–93) in the George H. W. Bush administration. Terwilliger specialized in white-collar crime and terrorism. In 1993, Terwilliger "briefly took the helm of the Justice Department as acting attorney general after the departure of former Attorney General William P. Barr."
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