Jeannie Rhee

Jeannie Hae Rhee (born c. 1972) is an American lawyer. Jeannie Rhee has previously served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General during the Obama administration.[1] In 2017, Rhee was appointed by special counsel Robert Mueller to join the 2017 special counsel team to investigate Russia's intervention into the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.[2]

Early life and family

Rhee's parents grew up in Korea and they immigrated to the United States.[3] Rhee's husband, Christopher Rhee, formerly Christopher Sclafani, served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.[4][5]

Education

Rhee graduated from Yale University for her Bachelor's and graduated summa cum laude. Rhee received her Juris Doctor (JD) from Yale Law School.[6]

Career

In 2000, Rhee served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.[7] In 2006, Rhee joined Wilmer Hale. From 2009 to 2011, Rhee served as a deputy assistant attorney general and provided counsel to the former Attorney General Eric Holder. Rhee rejoined Wilmer Hale in 2011 as a partner in the Litigation/Controversy Department.[8]

Rhee specializes in cybersecurity and data breach investigation.[9] Upon receiving the special counsel appointment from Mueller in 2017, Rhee resigned from the WilmerHale law firm and joined Mueller's special counsel team.[10]

Previously, Rhee represented Hillary Clinton during the 2015 lawsuit regarding her private emails.[11] Rhee also represented the Clinton Foundation in a racketeering case.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Carrie. "Special Counsel Mueller Lets His Actions Do The Talking: 15 Hires, More to Come". NPR. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. ↑ Barrett, Devlin; Zapotosky, Matt; Vitkovskaya, Julie; Granados, Samuel. "Who's who in Mueller's Investigation into Russia Ties". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Jeannie Rhee". Diversity Journal. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  4. ↑ Singman, Brooke. "Top Mueller investigator's Democratic ties raise new bias questions". Fox News. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  5. ↑ "New Law Could Make Brangelina Mr. and Mrs. Brad Jolie". ABC News. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  6. ↑ "Jeannie Rhee". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  7. ↑ Shabad, Rebecca; Tillett, Emily; Guild, Blair; Watson, Kathryn. "These are the lawyers on Robert Mueller's special counsel team". CBS News. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  8. ↑ "Former DOJ Counsel Jeannie Rhee Rejoins WilmerHale". WilmerHale. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  9. ↑ Oliver, Sharon. "Jeannie Rhee: The Female Powerhouse In Robert Mueller's Justice League". She Prevailed. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  10. ↑ Mark, Michelle. "Meet the all-star team of lawyers Robert Mueller has assembled for the Trump-Russia investigation". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  11. ↑ Noble, Andrea. "Mueller's all-star legal team in Russia probe signals direction of investigation". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  12. ↑
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