The Advocate General draws up the Ministry`s legislative programme and coordinates the Ministry of Defence`s positions on legislation and decrees; coordinates the appeal process for rejected FOIA applications; monitors the performance and standards of Ministry of Defence lawyers; establishes a policy on general legal issues and defines the position of the Ministry of Defence on specific legal issues; maintains an up-to-date inventory of all international agreements coordinated, negotiated or entered into by DoD employees; and is a “double hat” as director of the Defense Legal Services Agency. The exceptional team of experienced lawyers – trusted partners who work with our clients to strengthen the world`s most dominant aerospace forces. Request a subpoena Requests Contacts Email subpoena requests: subpoena@dodig.mil “Our goal is to help officers tasked with quickly obtaining accurate and legally sufficient subpoenas” Caroline Krass, DOD GC, with the U.S. delegation at a NATO conference as legal counsel. Front row: Ms. Sabeena Rajpal (State/L); CDR Meredith Werner, JAGC, USN (Legal Adviser to the UNITED STATES-NATO Delegation); HON Caroline Krass (DoD GC); CAPT Lia Reynolds, JAGC, USN (DoD OGC) Second row: Mr. Rich Visek (Acting Legal Counsel to the Department of State); Mr. Matt Thrasher (DoD OGC) Empowers the Air Force Department to fly, fight, and win through principled legal counsel, effective advocacy, and creative problem solving. The General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force (SAF/GC) is appointed to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) by Title 10 of the Sections of the United States Code (U.S.C. §§) 9014 and 9019. SAF/GC, subject to the direction and control of the secaf, acts as the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Ethics Officer of the Designated Agencies (DAEO) of the Department of the Air Force.

SAF/GC also acts as the civil administrator of Wake Island and performs all other duties assigned to assist SECAF in the performance of its duties under 10 U.S.C. § 9013. SaF/GC assists SECAF, Assistant Secretaries, Chief of Staff (FASC), Chief of Space Operations, Secretariat, Air Staff Offices and Space Staff Offices in the performance of their duties to provide legal services to the Air Force Department. In its area of responsibility, the SAF/GC prepares guidelines for approval and issues official guidelines/procedures on official Air Force publications to ensure the implementation of these guidelines. The Office of the Advocate General consists of an Executive Services Division and five legal practice departments. The five legal departments are: Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; plants, energy and the environment; Tax, ethical and administrative law; intelligence, international and military affairs; and contractor responsibility and conflict resolution. An Assistant General Counsel, a civilian lawyer for the Senior Management Service, heads each department. In addition, the Senior Assistant General Counsel, also a civilian lawyer for senior management, assists the General Counsel in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Office. Ms. Krass served more than two decades in the federal government, including thirteen years at the Department of Justice, primarily as a career lawyer in the Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC) and as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney in the National Security Section of the U.S. Attorney`s Office for the District of Columbia.

In 2009, Ms. Krass was appointed Special Assistant and Special Advisor on National Security Affairs to President Obama and Deputy Legal Counsel to the National Security Council (NSC), where she advised officials on a number of legal issues related to national security and foreign policy. In 2011, Ms. Krass returned to the OLC and served as Acting Assistant Attorney General, where she advised the President, Attorney General and other senior officials on complex constitutional and statutory law issues. In 2014, Ms. Krass became the first woman to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, where she served as Senior General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel to the Director until 2017. Timely, independent and objective legal advice to the DoD Inspector General and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The Attorney General of the Department of Defense is the Legal Director of the Department of Defense (DoD), who advises both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on all legal matters and services, and legally advises organizations in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and, where appropriate, other components of the Department of Defense. As General Counsel, Ms. Krass is the Department`s Legal Director and Chief Legal Counsel to the Secretary of Defense.

Ms. Krass has authority and responsibility for policy and legal decisions throughout the Ministry of Defense and its components. She is also the Director of the Defense Legal Services Agency, which is composed of the legal staff assigned to defense agencies and the field activities of the Ministry of Defense. Ms. Krass was previously Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Insurance and Deputy General Counsel of American International Group (AIG), where she led a global legal team that supported AIG`s core business unit as well as AIG`s cybersecurity and privacy, technology and innovation teams. Previously, she was a partner and chair of the National Security Practice Group at Gibson Dunn. Earlier in her career, Ms. Krass served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the NSC, Special Assistant to the General Counsel of the Treasury Department, and Attorney at the State Department. Ms.

Krass worked for the Honourable Patricia M. Wald at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Phi Beta Kappa and received her J.D. from Yale Law School. Caroline Krass is General Counsel of the Ministry of Defence. Appointed by the Speaker with the advice and consent of the Senate, she was sworn in on August 2, 2021. Deputy General Counsel for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics General Counsel of the U.S.

Department of the Air Force Members of the doD OGC and the Office of the Legal Counsel of the NSC Florencio Yuzon (NSC Legal), Caroline Krass (DOD GC), Ashley Deeks (Senior Assistant Counsel, NSC), Corin Stone (PDGC, DOD), Katie Visser (DOD OGC) This position was defined by Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953 and Defense Directive 5145.1, signed on 24 August 1953. The position derived its responsibilities from one of the first three special assistants to the Secretary (founded in 1947) and the Deputy Minister of Defence (Legal and Legislative Affairs) (founded in 1949). [3] Assistant General Counsel (Contractor Responsibility and Conflict Resolution) of the Department of the Air Force at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia Ms. Krass is currently a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security. She has received several awards and honors, including the CIA Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the Cia Director`s Award, the John Marshall Award – the Department of Justice`s highest honor for a lawyer – and the Department of Defense Medal for Outstanding Service, as well as the Department of State Superior Honor Award. The OGC consists of the Advocate General, the Deputy Advocate General, senior Associate Advocates General, Associate Advocates General, administrative and legal support specialists and trainees. The office covers the following legal areas: Assistant General Counsel for Tax, Ethics, and Administrative Law of the Department of the Air Force, Deputy Attorney General of the Pentagon for Intelligence, International and Military Affairs, Office of the Attorney General of the Air Force, Washington, DC. DOD GC Caroline Krass und DOD PDGC Corin Stone mit den 2022 DOD OGC Summer Interns En tant que responsable de l’éthique de l’agence désignée (DAEO), Der General Counsel ist der leitende Ethikbeamte im OIG. Das OIG-Ethikprogramm wird vom Office of General Counsel (OGC) verwaltet. Das DoD OIG Freedom of Information Act, Privacy and Civil Liberties Office wird vom Office of General Counsel verwaltet und unterstützt.