Joe D. Whitley

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Department of Homeland Security
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birth_date = November 12, 1950
birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia
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nationality = U.S.
party = Republican
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residence = Atlanta, Georgia
alma_mater = University of Georgia
University of Georgia Law School
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footnotes = Joe D. Whitley, currently in private practice at Greenberg Traurig, was the first General Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security.

During the George H.W. Bush administration, Joe served as the Acting United States Associate Attorney General, the third-ranking position in the Department of Justice. Under President Ronald Reagan, he was the U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Georgia in Macon, and under President George H.W. Bush, Whitley served as the U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta.

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 its Government Enforcement & Investigations Group, his practice concentrating on government investigations, environmental and health care fraud and complex civil litigation.

Whitley is on the Council of the Administrative Law Section of the American Bar Association. He is a former member of the Criminal Justice Section Council of the American Bar Association. He served as Vice Chair for Governmental Affairs of the 2002-03 ABA Criminal Justice Section. He also chaired annual seminars and institutes for Georgia ICLE on White Collar Crime, Health Care Fraud, and Cybercrime. He co-chairs the ABA's Homeland Security Institute.

Education

Whitley received his Bachelors degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1972, and a J.D., cum laude, in 1975 from the University of Georgia Law School. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors for the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.

Bar Admissions

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

References

* [http://www.lawyers.com/District-of-Columbia/Washington/Joe-D.-Whitley-857828-a.html Lawyers.com entry on Joe D. Whitley]
* [http://www.gtlaw.com/People/JoeDWhitley Greenberg Traurig biography on Joe D. Whitley]
* [http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/press_release_0113.shtm Department of Homeland Security press release on nomination of Joe D. Whitley to serve as first General Counsel]