Joe Whitley Explained

Joe D. Whitley
Office:General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security
President:George W. Bush
Term Start:July 31, 2003[1]
Term End:May 18, 2005
Predecessor:Position established[2]
Successor:Philip Perry[3]
Office1:United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
President1:George H. W. Bush
Term Start1:June 1990
Term End1:November 1993
Predecessor1:Bob Barr[4]
Successor1:Kent Barron Alexander[5]
Office2:United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia
President2:Ronald Reagan
Term Start2:September 1981
Term End2:February 1987
Predecessor2:D. Lee Rampey Jr.[6]
Successor2:Edgar W. Ennis Jr.[7]
Birth Name:Joe Dally Whitley[8]
Birth Date:12 November 1950
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Kathleen Pinion[9]
Residence:Atlanta, Georgia
Education:University of Georgia (BA, JD)
Website:https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/us/people/joe-d-whitley

Joe Dally Whitley (born November 12, 1950) is an American lawyer from Georgia who was the first General Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security.[10] He works in private practice at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP and has been named a Super Lawyer,[10] listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, named a ‘’2019 Lawyer of the Year’’,[11] is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers.[12]

Background

During the George H. W. Bush administration, Whitley served as the Acting United States Associate Attorney General, the third-ranking position in the United States Department of Justice. Under President Ronald Reagan, he was the U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Georgia, and under President George H. W. Bush, Whitley served as the U.S. Attorney in the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia in Atlanta. At the time of his appointment he was youngest person ever to be appointed a U.S. Attorney and only person to ever serve as U.S. Attorney for two separate federal jurisdictions.[13]

Private Practice

Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security, and immediately following his service at DHS, Whitley was a partner at Alston & Bird, where he served as head of the firm's White Collar Government Enforcement & Investigations Group, his practice concentrating on government investigations, environmental and health care fraud and complex civil litigation.[13]

Whitley is the former Chair of the Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association. He is a former council member of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. He served as Vice Chair for Governmental Affairs of the 2002–03 ABA Criminal Justice Section. He also chairs annual seminars and institutes of continuing education on White Collar Crime, Health Care Fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Internal Investigations and Cybercrime. Whitley co-chairs the ABA's Annual National Homeland Security Law Institute in Washington, DC.

Education and Teaching

Whitley received his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1972, and a J.D., cum laude, in 1975 from the University of Georgia School of Law. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs[14] and as Non-Resident Fellow at The Center for International Trade & Security (CITS) at the University of Georgia. He has been adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, and adjunct professor at the American University Washington College of Law, teaching homeland security law at both.[12]

Bar Admissions

Whitley is licensed to practice law in Georgia and the District of Columbia.[12]

Publications and Presentations

Whitley is a frequent author, and a frequent speaker and lecturer at institutions, events and seminars, including, without limitation, the following.

Publications

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Presentations

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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-05-03 . 2018-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912022123/https://www.historyassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/US-Department-of-Homeland-Security-Senior-Leadership-2003-2008.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: PN532 - Nomination of Joe D. Whitley for Department of Homeland Security, 108th Congress (2003-2004). 31 July 2003.
  3. Web site: PN355 - Nomination of Philip J. Perry for Department of Homeland Security, 109th Congress (2005-2006). 8 June 2005.
  4. Web site: PN1387 - Nomination of Joe D. Whitley for Department of Justice, 101st Congress (1989-1990). 4 August 1990.
  5. Web site: PN1031 - Nomination of Kent Barron Alexander for Department of Justice, 103rd Congress (1993-1994). 25 March 1994.
  6. Web site: PN679 - Nomination of Joe D. Whitley for Department of Justice, 97th Congress (1981-1982). 21 October 1981.
  7. Web site: PN708 - Nomination of Edgar W. Ennis Jr. For Department of Justice, 100th Congress (1987-1988). 25 February 1988.
  8. https://archive.org/details/alumnidirectory78unse/page/554 University of Georgia Alumni Directory (1978), page 555
  9. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b5141771;view=2up;seq=28;skin=mobile Nominations of Joe D. Whitley and Penrose C. Albright : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session ... July 29, 2003 (2004)
  10. Web site: Why Joe Whitley was tapped to become the first general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security . superlawyers.com . Thomson Reuters . 23 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Best Lawyers, 2019 Lawyer of the Year . bestlawyers.com . Best Lawyers® . 23 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Joe D. Whitley . bakerdonelson.com . Baker Donelson . 23 April 2019.
  13. Web site: U.S. CMBC-Board: Joe D. Whitley . govinfo.library.unt.edu . The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office as part of the Federal Depository Library Program . 23 April 2019.
  14. Web site: School of Public and International Affairs-Joe D. Whitley . spin.uga.edu . School of Public and International Affairs-University of Georgia . 23 April 2019.
  15. Book: Homeland Security: Legal and Policy Issues . 2009 . American Bar Association . 978-1604424621 .
  16. Web site: Joe D. Whitley On the C-SPAN Networks . c-span.org . National Cable Satellite Corporation . 23 April 2019.

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