George J. Terwilliger III

George J. Terwilliger III is an American lawyer and politician. He is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of McGuireWoods LLP and is a former United States Deputy Attorney General and acting United States Attorney General. Terwilliger, of Vermont, was nominated on February 14, 1992, by President George H.W. Bush to be Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He would succeed William Pelham Barr. As Deputy Attorney General, Terwilliger became the secondhighestranking official in the United States Department of Justice and ran the daytoday operations of the Department, serving in that position from 1991 through 1993. He was appointed to the position after serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. In addition, he currently serves on the Advisory Board of Intellaine, LLP, a U.S. defense and risk engineering firm located in Arlington, Virginia.

Terwilliger was born June 5, 1950, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Terwilliger is married, has three children, and resides in Oakton, Virginia. Terwilliger graduated from Seton Hall University and Antioch School of Law . A former U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Deputy U.S. Attorney General in the George H. W. Bush administration, Terwilliger specialized in whitecollar crime and terrorism. Terwilliger served as a panelist for the Brookings Institution Judicial Issues Forum entitled Politics and the Justice Department Finding a Path to Accountability. Terwilliger was listed among the Top Contenders to replace Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress. Gonzales resigned August 27, 2007, and left office on September 17, 2007. Terwilliger briefly took the helm of the Justice Department as acting attorney general after the departure of former Attorney General William Barr in 1993. From 1978 to 1981, Terwilliger also served as Assistant U.S

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