Ed O'Callaghan
Edward Casey O'Callaghan (born June 8, 1969) is an American attorney and former U.S. Department of Justice official.
Ed O'Callaghan | |
|---|---|
| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
Acting | |
| In office May 13, 2019 – May 22, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Attorney General | William Barr |
| Preceded by | Rod Rosenstein |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey A. Rosen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Casey O'Callaghan June 8, 1969 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Katie Barlow (m. 2021) |
| Education | Georgetown University (BA) New York University (JD) |
In his early career, O'Callaghan was an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. He resigned to join John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, where he became one of the public faces of the legal defense of McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, against ethics charges related to her former brother-in-law (the "Troopergate" affair). From 2009 to 2011, he worked at the law firm Nixon Peabody, then from 2011 to 2017 he was a partner at the New York office of law firm Clifford Chance. In 2017, during the Trump administration, he became the principal deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division. He left the department in 2019 and returned to private practice.