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Senior civilian counsel of the Department of the Navy
The
General Counsel of the Department of the Navy is the senior civilian lawyer in the
U.S. Department of the Navy and is the senior legal adviser to the
Secretary of the Navy . The Office of the General Counsel of the Navy provides legal advice to the Secretary, the
Under Secretary of the Navy and the various
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and their staffs. The General Counsel of the Navy is the third highest-ranking civilian office in the Department of the Navy, behind the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Navy.
The General Counsel maintains a close working relationship with the
Judge Advocate General of the Navy , the senior uniformed lawyer in the Department of the Navy who performs statutory duties under the
Uniform Code of Military Justice .
The General Counsel manages nearly 650 attorneys worldwide, helps to oversee the
Naval Criminal Investigative Service , and advises senior
Navy and
Marine Corps officials on litigation, acquisition, contractual, fiscal, environmental, property, personnel, legislative, ethics, and intelligence law issues.
General Counsels of the Navy, 1941—present
The first General Counsel of the Navy was appointed in 1941. From 1862 to 1941, essentially the same function was provided by the
Solicitor General of the Navy .
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H. Struve Hensel
July 10, 1941
January 30, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank Knox
James Forrestal
W. John Kenney
February 5, 1945
April 2, 1945
James Forrestal
Patrick H. Hodgson
April 3, 1945
October 31, 1945
J. Henry Neale
November 1, 1945
July 26, 1946
Harry S. Truman
William Wemple
July 27, 1946
August 23, 1946
James T. Hill, Jr.
August 24, 1946
May 15, 1947
Hudson B. Cox
May 16, 1947
April 29, 1949
James Forrestal
John L. Sullivan
Harold B. Gross
April 30, 1949
August 30, 1953
Francis P. Matthews
Dan A. Kimball
Robert B. Anderson
F. Trowbridge vom Baur
December 15, 1953
April 30, 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert B. Anderson
Charles Thomas
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
William B. Franke
Meritt H. Steger
May 2, 1960
May 31, 1971
William B. Franke
John Connally
Fred Korth
Paul Nitze
Paul Robert Ignatius
John Chafee
Hart T. Mankin
June 7, 1971
July 21, 1973
Richard Nixon
John Chafee
John Warner
E. Grey Lewis
August 1, 1973
April 21, 1977
John Warner
J. William Middendorf
Togo D. West, Jr.
April 22, 1977
January 13, 1979
Jimmy Carter
W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
Coleman Hicks
May 25, 1979
January 13, 1981
Edward Hidalgo
Hugh O'Neill (Acting)
June 1981
August 24, 1981
Ronald Reagan
John Lehman
Walter T. Skallerup, Jr.
August 24, 1981
July 29, 1987
Harvey J. Wilcox (Deputy GC)
July 29, 1987
November 21, 1988
Jim Webb
William L. Ball
Lawrence L. Lamade
November 22, 1988
November 21, 1989
William L. Ball
Henry L. Garrett III
Craig S. King
November 22, 1989
January 20, 1993
George H. W. Bush
Henry L. Garrett III
Sean O'Keefe
Steven S. Honigman
June 1, 1993
March 15, 1998
Bill Clinton
John Howard Dalton
Eugene Angrist (Deputy GC)
March 15, 1998
September 28, 1998
Stephen W. Preston
September 28, 1998
November 17, 2000
Richard Danzig
John E. Sparks (acting)
November 17, 2000
December 12, 2000
William Molzahn (Deputy GC)
December 12, 2000
July 25, 2001
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Alberto J. Mora
July 25, 2001
January 1, 2006
George W. Bush
Gordon R. England
Paul C. Ney, Jr. (acting)
January 2, 2006
September 25, 2006
Donald C. Winter
Frank Jimenez
September 25, 2006
April 30, 2009
Anne M. Brennan (acting)
April 30, 2009
March 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Ray Mabus
Paul L. Oostburg Sanz
March 12, 2010
January 20, 2017
Anne M. Brennan (acting)
January 20, 2017
March 6, 2019
Donald J Trump
Richard V. Spencer
Garrett L. Ressing (acting)
March 7, 2019
January 5, 2020
Richard V. Spencer
Thomas B. Modly (acting)
Robert Sander
January 6, 2020
January 20, 2021
Thomas B. Modly (acting)
Garrett L. Ressing (acting)
January 20, 2021
February 16, 2022
Joe Biden
Thomas Harker (acting)
Carlos Del Toro
Sean Coffey
February 16, 2022
incumbent
Carlos Del Toro
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