Scott Schools
Scott Newton Schools | |
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| Associate Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office 2016 – July 6, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | David Margolis |
| Succeeded by | Bradley Weinsheimer |
Scott Newton Schools is an American lawyer and the chief compliance officer of OpenAI.[1] Schools previously served as the chief ethics and compliance officer of Uber.[2] Before joining Uber, Schools was the highest-ranking career civil servant at the United States Department of Justice, serving as associate deputy attorney general. He has been characterized as “the most important unknown person in D.C.”[3]
It has been reported that Schools was a significant advisor to top political officials Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein, and made a significant recommendation to dismiss James Comey.[4][5]
Earlier in his career, Schools had served as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.[6][7]
In 2018, Schools was replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer, who now serves as DoJ's highest ranking career civil servant.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Vandana Singh. OpenAI Appoints Former Uber Exec As Compliance Officer To Oversee Regulatory Issues. Benzinga. 22 October 2024
- ↑ Greg Bensinger and Sadie Gurman. Uber Hires Former Top Justice Department Lawyer for Compliance Post. WSJ. 9 July 2018
- ↑ Leon Neyfakh. The Most Important Unknown Person in D.C. Slate. 26 June 2017
- ↑ Carrie Johnson. Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down. NPR. 3 July 2018
- ↑ Laura Jarrett. Top career official at Justice Department stepping down. CNN. 3 July 2018
- 1 2 Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Bradley Weinsheimer to Replace Departing Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools. News release, Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, 3 July 2018
- ↑ "Scott Schools to resign from DOJ office". Washington Times. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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