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Samuel Bagenstos
American attorney & academic (born 1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel Robert Bagenstos (born 1970) is an American attorney and academic who is the General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. From January 2021 until June 2022, he served as the general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget. He is a former law professor at the University of Michigan, a job he returned to after serving for two years as the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division[1] under Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.
Samuel R. Bagenstos | |
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General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 15, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Robert Charrow |
General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget | |
In office January 20, 2021 – June 10, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Mark Paoletta |
Succeeded by | Daniel Jacobson |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Robert Bagenstos 1970 (age 53–54) |
Spouse | |
Education | Harvard Law School University of North Carolina |
Occupation | Professor, attorney |
Bagenstos is a long-time civil rights lawyer, who began his career in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in 1994. His work has focused particularly on voting rights, disability rights, and workers' rights.