“She seems ideal to be a White House lawyer because she has so much pity under pressure,” said Walter Dellinger III, a former U.S. attorney general who had nightly phone calls with Remus when they both advised Biden`s presidential campaign, she as general counsel. Remus co-authored a paper in 2015 that explored how artificial intelligence could change the face of the legal field. An analysis by Remus and accounting firm Sky Analytics found that some aspects of lawyers` day-to-day tasks could be automated, which could lead to a 13% drop in billable hours at large law firms within five years. But the study also concluded that the need for human lawyers will continue. The Office of The Attorney General (OLC) supports the Attorney General of the United States in his capacity as legal counsel to the President and all law enforcement agencies, hence the designation of “President`s Law Firm”. [2] OLC prepares the Attorney General`s legal opinions and also provides its own written statements and oral advice in response to requests from the President`s counsel, the various executive agencies and offices within the Department of Justice. These requests generally relate to legal issues of particular complexity and importance or with two or more organizations that disagree. The Office is also responsible for providing legal advice to the executive on all constitutional matters and for reviewing the constitutionality of outstanding laws. Dana Remus, the new adviser to President-elect Joe Biden Jr., is a former employee of Cravath, Swaine & Moore and an employee of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., who also wrote a scientific paper on the future of lawyers.
Todd Kim is Assistant General Counsel for Litigation, Regulation and Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Energy. His previous government services include more than seven years as appellate counsel with the U.S. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. He was then appointed the first Solicitor General of the District of Columbia, a position he held for more than eleven years. As solicitor general, Kim oversaw appeals from the District of Columbia government. Kim was also a partner at Reed Smith LLP. He began his legal career as a trainee lawyer with Justice Judith Rogers in the United States. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. He received his A.B. with honors from Harvard College and his J.D.
with honors from Harvard Law School. Current White House deputy adviser Stuart Delery will replace her in a small reshuffle of White House staff as the country enters the final five months before the congressional midterm elections. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is running for Biden`s running mate at some point, will become senior adviser for public engagement, the White House announced Wednesday. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, is promoted to senior advisor while continuing in her current role. Leslie B. Kiernan has decades of experience working with corporations, boards of directors, not-for-profit organizations and government agencies in litigation, regulatory compliance, policy development and law enforcement. During the Obama-Biden administration, she served in the White House from 2011 to 2014 as deputy advisor to the president, where she advised on a variety of compliance, risk management, policy and oversight issues. She also worked with the White House Council on Women and Girls and later served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Most recently, Kiernan served as senior adviser on the transition between Biden and Harris, and she is currently a special adviser in the White House Office of the Legal Counsel. In addition to his work in government, Kiernan has more than 20 years of experience as a litigator at national law firms in Washington, D.C. Since 2016, she has served on the Board of Directors of the Children`s National Medical Center, of which she is currently Vice President. Kiernan is a graduate of Brown University and Georgetown University Law Center.