Rachel Brand

Rachel Lee Brand (born May 1, 1973) is an American lawyer, academic, and former government official. She served as the United States Associate Attorney General from May 22, 2017, until February 20, 2018, when she resigned to take a job as head of global corporate governance at Walmart. Brand was the first woman to serve as Associate Attorney General. She also served as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the George W. Bush administration and was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Prior to becoming Associate Attorney General, Brand was an associate professor at Antonin Scalia Law School.

Rachel Brand
Brand in September 2017
18th United States Associate Attorney General
In office
May 22, 2017  February 20, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byTony West
Succeeded byVanita Gupta
Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
In office
August 2012  February 2017
Nominated byBarack Obama
Preceded byFrancis X. Taylor
Succeeded byJane Nitze
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy
In office
March 28, 2005  July 9, 2007
Acting: March 28, 2005 – July 28, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byDaniel Bryant
Succeeded byElisebeth Cook
Personal details
Born
Rachel Lee Brand

(1973-05-01) May 1, 1973
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
SpouseJonathan Cohn
Children2
EducationUniversity of Minnesota Morris (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
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