Glenn A. Fine | |
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Acting Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense | |
In office January 2016 – Present |
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Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice | |
In office December 2000 – January 2011 |
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Director of the Office of the Special Investigations and Review Unit of the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice | |
In office 1996–2000 |
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Personal details | |
Spouse(s) | Beth Heifetz |
Website | http://www.dodig.mil/BIOs/Fine_bio.html |
Glenn Alan Fine is the Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense. He has served in that position since January 2016. He joined the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General in June 2015.
Fine previously served as the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) from 2000 until January 2011. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2000. Prior to his appointment as the DOJ Inspector General, Fine served as Special Counsel to the DOJ Inspector General from January 1995 until 1996, when he was made Director of the OIG's Special Investigations and Review Unit.
Immediately prior to joining the OIG office at the Department of Justice, Fine had been in a private law practice in Washington, D.C.. Before entering private practice, Fine served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Washington, D.C. United States Attorney's Office from 1986 to 1989. In those three years, he prosecuted more than 35 criminal jury trials and handled numerous grand jury investigations.
Fine's father was an antitrust lawyer at the Justice Department for 28 years.
In September 1993, Fine married Beth Heifetz, a former law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. The wedding was jointly officiated at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC by Justice Blackmun and Rabbi Howard Gorin. They have two children.
Fine attended Cheltenham High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. In 1979, he graduated with an A.B. degree in economics from Harvard College, magna cum laude. He was co-captain of the Harvard varsity basketball team.