Thursday, June 19, 2008

J. Patrick Rowan Biography

The President intends to nominate J. Patrick Rowan, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General (National Security Division) at the Department of Justice. Mr. Rowan currently serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General (National Security Division) at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Rowan received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his JD from the University of Virginia.

Acting Assistant Attorney General J. Patrick Rowan

J. Patrick Rowan became the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security on March 31, 2008. Mr. Rowan previously served as the NSD’s Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General. As the Principal Deputy, Mr. Rowan supervised the NSD’s prosecutors in the Counterterrorism and Counterespionage Sections and focused on the Department’s efforts to disrupt terrorists and other national security threats through investigation and prosecution.

Prior to the establishment of the NSD, from November, 2005, to October, 2006, Mr. Rowan served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General and assisted in the management of national security functions for the Justice Department. In that position, Mr. Rowan was the Department’s liaison to the intelligence community and supervised the formation of the NSD. Before that, he held a number of positions in the Department, including Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Special Counsel for the Office of General Counsel of the FBI, and Counsel to the Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. From 1991 to 2002, Mr. Rowan served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he prosecuted a range of offenses, including fraud, public corruption, and homicide. Before joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Rowan was an associate at Covington & Burling.

Mr. Rowan graduated from Dartmouth College, cum laude, and the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

J. Patrick Rowan is conducting a show trial re the Blackwater Guards. I wonder if Mr. Rowan has ever done anything heroic for which he was honored by his country for his country? Do you think the guards needed those gov't issued machine guns or they could have defended themselves with semiautomatic weapons. Maybe Justice would have been happier if the guards had been killed and dragged through the streets. Sometimes my government disappoints me.

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