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| alma_mater   =Harvard Law School
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'''Patrick F. Philbin''' is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] who serves as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the [[White House Counsel|Office of White House Counsel]] in the [[Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump]] administration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-appointments-executive-office-president-4/|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President|website=The White House|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>  He previously served as a [[Political appointments in the United States|political appointee]] in the Department of Justice during the [[George W. Bush]] administration.<ref name=CooperativeResearchPhilbin>
 
{{cite web
'''Patrick F. Philbin''' is an American [[:Category:Lawyers|lawyer]] who serves as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel in the Donald J. Trump administration.<ref name=":0">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-appointments-executive-office-president-4/</ref>  He previously served as a political appointee in the Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration.
|url        = http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=patrick_f._philbin
|title      = Profile: Patrick F. Philbin
|publisher  = [[Cooperative Research]]
|accessdate  = May 23, 2007
|url-status    = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031403/http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?entity=patrick_f._philbin
|archivedate = September 30, 2007
}}</ref>


==Academics==
==Academics==
Philbin holds a bachelor's degree from [[Yale University]] (1989), a J.D. from [[Harvard Law School]], and a diploma in legal studies from the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name=":1">[http://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=8720 Kirkland and Ellis bio]</ref>
Philbin holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University (1989), a J.D. from [[Harvard Law School]], and a diploma in legal studies from the University of Cambridge.<ref name=":1">[http://www.kirkland.com/sitecontent.cfm?contentID=220&itemID=8720 Kirkland and Ellis bio]</ref>


Philbin wrote a note in the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'' regarding the specialty requirement in the medieval action of covenant.
Philbin wrote a note in the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'' regarding the specialty requirement in the medieval action of covenant.


==Career==
==Career==
Philbin first served as a law clerk for the federal appeals judge, [[Laurence Silberman]],<ref name=AlbanyTimesUnion20070525>
Philbin first served as a law clerk for the federal appeals judge, [[Laurence Silberman]]. Next, he worked as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref name=GeorgeWashingtonUniversity20040713/>. Following his clerkships, Philbin entered private practice in the Washington, D.C. office of [[Kirkland & Ellis]].<ref name=":1" />
{{cite news
| url=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=592426
| title=The legal terror of executive power
| author=[[Ruth Marcus (journalist)|Ruth Marcus]]
| date= May 25, 2007
| work=[[Albany Times Union]]
| accessdate=2007-05-26
}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Next he worked as a clerk for [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref name=GeorgeWashingtonUniversity20040713/>. Following his clerkships, Philbin entered private practice in the [[Washington, D.C.]] office of [[Kirkland & Ellis|Kirkland & Ellis LLP]].<ref name=":1" />


During the Bush Administration, Philbin served as a political appointee in the Department of Justice, first as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the [[Office of Legal Counsel]] from 2001 to 2003 and then as an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the [[United States Deputy Attorney General|Office of the Deputy Attorney Genera]]<nowiki/>l from 2003 to 2005.<ref name=GeorgeWashingtonUniversity20040713>
During the Bush Administration, Philbin served as a political appointee in the Department of Justice, first as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003 and then as an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General from 2003 to 2005.<ref name=GeorgeWashingtonUniversity20040713>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB127/</ref> <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/3616040-patrick-f-philbin</ref>Philbin was one of the lawyers who helped counsel President Bush that as head of the United States' Government executive branch, the president had the authority to charge Guantanamo captives before military commissions.<ref name="GeorgeWashingtonUniversity20040713" />   
{{cite web
| url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB127/
| title=The Interrogation Documents: Debating U.S. Policy and Methods
| date=July 13, 2004
| publisher=[[George Washington University]]
| accessdate=May 23, 2007
}}</ref> <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/3616040-patrick-f-philbin|title=Bloomberg Profile: Patrick F. Philbin|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=}}</ref>Philbin was one of the lawyers who helped counsel [[United States President|President]] Bush that as head of the [[United States Government#Executive branch|United States' Government executive branch]], the president had the authority to charge [[Guantanamo captive]]s before [[Guantanamo military commission|military commissions]].<ref name="AlbanyTimesUnion20070525" /><ref name="GeorgeWashingtonUniversity20040713" /><ref>[[John Yoo#Legal opinions|Suspect legal opinions from the Office of Legal Counsel, implicating John Yoo]]</ref>   


According to then-Acting Attorney General [[James Comey]], Philbin was present in March 2004 when he rushed to [[John Ashcroft]]'s hospital bed to try to prevent other Bush officials from persuading the very sick Attorney General to reverse Comey's decision as Acting Attorney General to not approve renewal of the controversial [[warrantless wiretap]] program during the [[war on terror]].<ref name="WashingtonPost">
According to then-Acting Attorney General [[James Comey]], Philbin was present in March 2004 when he rushed to [[John Ashcroft]]'s hospital bed to try to prevent other Bush officials from persuading the very sick Attorney General to reverse Comey's decision as Acting Attorney General to not approve renewal of the controversial warrantless wiretap program during the war on terror.<ref name="WashingtonPost">https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205734/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/05/waterboarding_ashcroft.html</ref>
{{cite web
|url        = http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/05/waterboarding_ashcroft.html
|author      = [[Joel Auchenbach]]
|title      = Waterboarding Ashcroft
|publisher  = [[Washington Post]]
|date        = May 16, 2007
|accessdate  = May 23, 2007
|url-status    = dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205734/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/05/waterboarding_ashcroft.html
|archivedate = September 7, 2008
}}</ref>
Comey said that Philbin's career suffered when he supported Comey's intervention to prevent Gonzales from abusing Ashcroft.  According to Comey, [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] blocked the anticipated appointment of Philbin to the position of Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the [[Solicitor General of the United States|Office of the Solicitor General]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10801604|title=Cheney Blocks DOJ Official's Promotion: Document|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/05/18/the-us-attorney-mess-spotlight-on-patrick-philbin/|title=The U.S. Attorney Mess: Spotlight on Patrick Philbin|last=Lattman|first=Peter|date=2007-05-18|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>


Philbin subsequently returned to private practice by joining the Washington, D.C. office of [[Kirkland & Ellis|Kirkland & Ellis LLP]] as a partner focusing on appellate litigation, complex litigation, and data security.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, Philbin was appointed as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the [[White House Counsel|Office of White House Counsel]] in the Trump Administration.<ref name=":0" /> In 2020, he was appointed among the defense team that will represent President Donald Trump in the impeachment hearing case in the senate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-impeachment-trial-defense-team-who-are-the-lawyers-defending-the-president|title=Trump’s impeachment trial team: Who are the lawyers defending the president?|last=O'Reilly|first=Andrew|date=2020-01-14|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref>.  
Comey said that Philbin's career suffered when he supported Comey's intervention to prevent Gonzales from abusing Ashcroft. According to Comey, Vice President Dick Cheney blocked the anticipated appointment of Philbin to the position of Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General.<ref>https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10801604</ref><ref name=":2">https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/05/18/the-us-attorney-mess-spotlight-on-patrick-philbin/</ref>
 
Philbin subsequently returned to private practice by joining the Washington, D.C. office of [[Kirkland & Ellis]] as a partner focusing on appellate litigation, complex litigation, and data security.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, Philbin was appointed as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel in the Trump Administration.<ref name=":0" /> In 2020, he was appointed among the defense team that will represent President Donald Trump in the impeachment hearing case in the senate<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-impeachment-trial-defense-team-who-are-the-lawyers-defending-the-president</ref>.  


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Patrick F. Philbin
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Alma Mater Harvard Law School

Patrick F. Philbin is an American lawyer who serves as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel in the Donald J. Trump administration.[1] He previously served as a political appointee in the Department of Justice during the George W. Bush administration.

Academics[edit | edit source]

Philbin holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University (1989), a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a diploma in legal studies from the University of Cambridge.[2]

Philbin wrote a note in the Harvard Law Review regarding the specialty requirement in the medieval action of covenant.

Career[edit | edit source]

Philbin first served as a law clerk for the federal appeals judge, Laurence Silberman. Next, he worked as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.[3]. Following his clerkships, Philbin entered private practice in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis.[2]

During the Bush Administration, Philbin served as a political appointee in the Department of Justice, first as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003 and then as an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General from 2003 to 2005.[3] [4][2][5]Philbin was one of the lawyers who helped counsel President Bush that as head of the United States' Government executive branch, the president had the authority to charge Guantanamo captives before military commissions.[3]

According to then-Acting Attorney General James Comey, Philbin was present in March 2004 when he rushed to John Ashcroft's hospital bed to try to prevent other Bush officials from persuading the very sick Attorney General to reverse Comey's decision as Acting Attorney General to not approve renewal of the controversial warrantless wiretap program during the war on terror.[6]

Comey said that Philbin's career suffered when he supported Comey's intervention to prevent Gonzales from abusing Ashcroft. According to Comey, Vice President Dick Cheney blocked the anticipated appointment of Philbin to the position of Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General.[7][4]

Philbin subsequently returned to private practice by joining the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis as a partner focusing on appellate litigation, complex litigation, and data security.[2] In 2019, Philbin was appointed as Deputy Counsel to the President and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Office of White House Counsel in the Trump Administration.[1] In 2020, he was appointed among the defense team that will represent President Donald Trump in the impeachment hearing case in the senate[8].

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-appointments-executive-office-president-4/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kirkland and Ellis bio
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB127/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/05/18/the-us-attorney-mess-spotlight-on-patrick-philbin/
  5. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/3616040-patrick-f-philbin
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205734/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2007/05/waterboarding_ashcroft.html
  7. ↑ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10801604
  8. ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-impeachment-trial-defense-team-who-are-the-lawyers-defending-the-president
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