Virginia A. Seitz
| Virginia A. Seitz | |
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Seitz in 2014
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| United States Assistant Attorney General for Legal Counsel | |
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In office September 2011 – December 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Caroline Krass (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Karl Thompson (Acting) |
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| Born |
August 1, 1956 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Duke University Brasenose College, Oxford University at Buffalo |
Virginia Anne Seitz (born August 1, 1956) is an American attorney who specializes in constitutional law, labor law, employment law and administrative law. She served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice from 2011 until stepping down in December 2013. Seitz was confirmed to the post by the Senate in a voice vote on June 28, 2011.
Seitz's father, Collins J. Seitz, was a chancellor of Delaware who wrote the 1952 decision in Gebhart v. Belton, which paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education.
Seitz earned a bachelor's degree in 1978 from Duke University, and was a Rhodes Scholar. She earned an M.A. Oxon. in 1980 from Oxford University. She earned a law degree in 1985 from the University at Buffalo Law School.
After law school, Seitz clerked from 1985 until 1986 for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Seitz then clerked from 1986 until 1987 for Associate Justice William Brennan of the Supreme Court of the United States.
In 1998, Seitz joined Sidley Austin as a partner in the firm's Washington office.
In November 2011, Seitz was included on The New Republic's list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.
In November 2008, Legal Times reported that Seitz's name was being discussed as a possible nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States by Barack Obama.
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