Jamie Gorelick | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | |
| Assumed office March 21, 2022 Serving with William Bratton | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | William Webster |
| 28th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office March 17, 1994 – May 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Philip Heymann |
| Succeeded by | Eric Holder |
| General Counsel of the Department of Defense | |
| In office May 5, 1993 – March 17, 1994 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | David Addington |
| Succeeded by | Judith Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamie Shona Gorelick[1] May 6, 1950 New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Richard Waldhorn (m. 1975) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Shirley Gorelick (mother) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Jamie Shona Gorelick (/ɡəˈrɛlɪk/; born May 6, 1950) is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration. She has been a partner at WilmerHale since 2003 and has served on the board of directors of Amazon since February 2012.[2][3]
Gorelick served on British Petroleum's Advisory Council, as their top legal counsel after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[4] She was appointed by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the September 11 attacks, and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hearingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Officers & Directors". Amazon. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ (Dec 17, 2020), Amazon Board of Directors Compensation and Salary ~ Jamie Gorelick $952,741
- ^ Phillip, Abby (June 17, 2010). "Gorelick's challenge: Backing BP". POLITICO. Retrieved May 28, 2017.