The Biden administration has tapped a whole slate of folks to serve in acting capacities at the Justice Department while their nominees await confirmation. Here are the names we know so far:
The acting AG is Monty Wilkinson. He had most recently been working as a human resources official at the department, and before that, worked as a counselor in Eric Holder's office and as the head of the Executive Office Office for U.S. Attorneys. justice.gov/jmd/staff-prof…
The acting deputy AG is John Carlin. He was head of the Justice Department's National Security Division in the Obama administration and had been a lawyer in private practice at Morrison & Foerster. He's also a former chief of staff to Robert Mueller.
The acting associate AG (No. 3 position in Justice) is Matthew Colangelo. He's a former Justice Department Civil Rights Department and Obama White House official who had more recently been working in the New York State AG's office.
The acting solicitor general is Elizabeth Prelogar. She had previously worked in the SG's office, though you might remember her better from her service on Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team. She most recently worked in private practice at Cooley.
This is not an "acting" role, but Merrick Garland's chief of staff (assuming Garland is confirmed) will be Matt Klapper, who works as Cory Booker's chief.
The acting public affairs director will be Dena Iverson DeBonis, who previously worked as a spox for the Justice Department during the Obama administration, and for the D.C. government.
Regina Lombardo will be the acting ATF director. She's risen through the ranks at that agency and her bio says she was its first female deputy director. atf.gov/about-atf/exec…
Darrell C. Evans will serve as acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. He had been the chief of operations there.
Brian Boynton will be the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. He comes from WilmerHale, and had previously served in the Justice Department in the Obama administration.
Some of the other divisions will be led by people already in the department but designated as "supervisory" officials. They are...
Richard Powers, DAAG for Antitrust
Gregory B. Friel, DAAG for Civil Rights
Kevin Driscoll, DAAG for the Criminal Division ...
(supervisory officials, continued)
Jean E. Williams, DAAG for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
Maureen A. Henneberg, DAAG for the Office of Justice Programs
Kevin Jones, DAAG for the Office of Legal Policy
...
(supervisory officials, continued some more)
Nadine M. Neufville, Deputy Director of the Office on Violence Against Women
David A. Hubbert, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division
And for those really into the inner workings of the Justice Department, here is the rest of the acting slate:
Gerri Ratliff, Acting Director of the Community Relations Service
Robert Chapman, Acting Director of Community Oriented Policing Services
Norman Wong, Acting Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
Michael Hughes, Acting Director of Interpol Washington
Christopher Schroeder, Acting Director of the Office of Legal Counsel
Helaine Greenfield, Acting AAG for the Office of Legislative Affairs
Rosalind Sargent-Burns, Acting Pardon Attorney
Peter Winn, Acting Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer
Patricia Cushwa, Acting Chair of the U.S. Parole Commission
Kristen Mahoney, Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Shaina Vanek, Acting Director of the National Institute of Corrections
Jennifer Scherer, Acting Director of the National Institute of Justice
Cheryl Jones, Acting Director of the National Institute of Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Katherine Darke Schmitt, Acting Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
Dawn Doran, Acting Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking
All of these, of course, could change over time as nominees are confirmed or other adjustments get made. And those who are acting heads now (like Carlin, Schroeder, etc.) will stay on as the top deputy in their respective offices under the Senate confirmed person.
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Reopening this thread to add an addendum. The remaining US Attorneys & US Marshals have been asked to stay on for the time being. Others who will continue on include FBI Director Christopher Wray, IG Michael Horowitz, NSD Head John Demers, BOP Director Michael Carvajal...
(those staying on, continued)
Marshals Service Director Donald Washington
AAG for Administration Lee Lofthus
EOIR Director James McHenry
Adam Cohen, director of the Exec Office for Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces...
Clifford White, director of the Exec Office for US Trustees
Bobak Talebian, Director of the Office of Information Policy
Jeffrey Ragsdale, Counsel of OPR
Tracy Toulou, director of the Office of Tribal Justice
Stacy Ludwig director of professional responsibility advisory office
An update to this list: the department has brought on Nicholas L. McQuaid, a former SDNY prosecutor who worked in the Obama White House and most recently was at Latham & Watkins, as the acting AAG of the Criminal Division. I imagine there will be more updates in the coming days.

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