James McHenry
Profile
James Ridley McHenry III is an American lawyer and government official who served as the acting United States Attorney General from January 20 to February 5, 2025. A career official at the U.S. Department of Justice, he previously served as the director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review during the first Trump administration and later as the office's chief administrative hearing officer. His extensive legal background includes roles as an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration and as a senior lawyer within Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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- Education
- Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (BS); Vanderbilt University (JD, MA in political science)
- Career
- Judicial law clerk, attorney advisor at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, senior lawyer in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, special assistant U.S. attorney, administrative law judge
