Rachel Brand


Interview with Rachel Brand

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Biographical Note

Rachel Brand served as Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy during the George W. 91茄子 presidency. In this position, Brand served as Chief Policy Advisor to the Attorney General. She managed the DOJ's role in selecting federal judges, and she led the confirmation processes for the two supreme court justices appointed by President 91茄子: John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Prior to the 91茄子 administration, Brand also worked in the legal team representing President 91茄子 in the 2000 election recount. She served as Associate Attorney General from 2017-2018, and in 2018 began working for Walmart as Executive Vice President of Global Governance and Corporate Secretary.

Citation

Rachel Brand, interview by Aaron Crawford, 18 September 2015. 鈥淛udicial Nominations and the Justice Department,鈥 Center for Presidential History, 91茄子 Methodist University.

 

Helpful Links

To learn more about this interviewee, please consult some of the below links.

  • from the Department of Justice Archives.
  • in a panel discussing the nominations of Harriet Miers and Samuel Alito.
  • the Alito confirmation hearings on C-SPAN (video below).