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Legal Adviser of the Department of State

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The Legal Adviser of the Department of State is a position within the United States Department of State. The legal adviser provides legal advice on all issues (domestic and international) arising in the course of the department's activities. The legal adviser heads the State Department's Office of the Legal Adviser. As such, the legal adviser has the rank of Assistant Secretary.[2][3]

Legal Adviser of the
United States Department of State
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Richard C. Visek[1]
Acting since January 20, 2021
Reports toUnited States Secretary of State
Inaugural holderGreen Hackworth
Formation1931
WebsiteOfficial Website

History

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From 1870 to 1891, the examiner of claims had been the chief legal officer of the department. The solicitor, a Department of Justice employee, had functioned as the Department of State's chief legal officer from 1891 to 1931. Solicitors and examiners of claims were by statute officials of the Department of Justice. The position of Legal Advisor was created by an Act of Congress on February 23, 1931 (P.L. 71-715; 46 Stat. 1214). The first legal adviser was Green Hackworth, who served until 1946 and then became a judge on the International Court of Justice.

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# Name Assumed office Left office President served under
1 Green Hackworth July 1, 1931[4] March 1, 1946 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
2 Charles H. Fahy June 19, 1946 August 15, 1947 Harry S. Truman
3 Ernest A. Gross August 16, 1947 March 3, 1949 Harry S. Truman
4 Adrian S. Fisher June 28, 1949 January 27, 1953 Harry S. Truman
5 Herman Phleger February 2, 1953 April 1, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
6 Loftus Becker June 13, 1957 August 15, 1959 Dwight D. Eisenhower
7 Eric H. Hager September 9, 1959 January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
8 Abram Chayes February 6, 1961 June 27, 1964 John F. Kennedy
9 Leonard C. Meeker May 18, 1965 July 13, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
10 John Reese Stevenson July 14, 1969 January 1, 1973 Richard Nixon
11 Carlyle E. Maw November 27, 1973 July 9, 1974 Richard Nixon
12 Monroe Leigh January 21, 1975 January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford
13 Herbert J. Hansell April 8, 1977 September 20, 1979 Jimmy Carter
14 Roberts Bishop Owen October 4, 1979 February 16, 1981 Jimmy Carter
15 Davis Rowland Robinson July 30, 1981 February 27, 1985 Ronald Reagan
16 Abraham David Sofaer June 10, 1985 June 15, 1990 Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
17 Edwin D. Williamson September 20, 1990 January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
18 Conrad K. Harper May 24, 1993 June 30, 1996 Bill Clinton
19 David Andrews September 2, 1997 April 25, 2000 Bill Clinton
20 William Howard Taft IV April 16, 2001 March 1, 2005 George W. Bush
21 John B. Bellinger III April 6, 2005 March 23, 2009[5] George W. Bush, Barack Obama
- Joan E. Donoghue (acting) March 23, 2009 June 25, 2009 Barack Obama
22 Harold Hongju Koh June 25, 2009 January 22, 2013 Barack Obama
- Mary McLeod (acting) January 23, 2013 February 1, 2016 Barack Obama
23 Brian Egan February 2, 2016 January 20, 2017 Barack Obama
- Richard C. Visek (acting) January 20, 2017 January 22, 2018 Donald Trump
24 Jennifer Gillian Newstead January 22, 2018 May 31, 2019
- Marik String (acting) June 1, 2019 January 20, 2021
- Richard C. Visek (acting) January 20, 2021 Joe Biden

References

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  1. ^ "Richard C. Visek". state.gov. January 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". state.gov. January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Department Organization Chart". state.gov. March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Initially commissioned during a Senate recess; subsequently confirmed and re-commissioned on December 17, 1931.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


  

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