Monty Wilkinson

Robert Montague "Monty" Wilkinson Wilkinson was the director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys from 2021-2023. and from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1988.

Career In 1989, Wilkinson served as a law clerk to Eric Holder, then a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney in 1990 and subsequently worked as special counsel and spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, becoming an associate deputy attorney general in 1997. Wilkinson worked for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and the law firm Troutman Sanders, before being appointed deputy chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general in 2009. In 2017, he was appointed senior counselor in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, and in 2019 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Human Resources and Administration.

From January 20, 2021 until March 11, 2021, Wilkinson served as acting United States Attorney General under President Joe Biden.