H. Marshall Jarrett

H. Marshall Jarrett (born ) is an American government official and lawyer who served as chief counsel and director of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) from 1998 to 2009 and as director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) from 2009 to 2014.

Early life and education Jarrett was born in .

He graduated West Virginia University and the West Virginia University College of Law.

Career In 1975, Jarrett began his career in government service when he joined the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of West Virginia as a trial attorney, where he later became chief of the office's criminal division and first assistant U.S. Attorney. a Mississippi sheriff for drug trafficking, and CIA agents for theft of government funds.

On February 22, 2008, Jarrett announced an investigation of DOJ legal memoranda by John Yoo, Jay Bybee, Steven G. Bradbury, and others justifying waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques. On February 19, 2010, Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis issued a memorandum for the attorney general in which he refused both to adopt the OPR's findings of misconduct and to authorize the OPR to recommend to state bar authorities disciplinary actions against Yoo and Bybee.

On April 8, 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Jarrett to head the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA).

Jarrett retired from his post at EOUSA on March 31, 2014.