Jesse Panuccio
| Jesse Panuccio | |
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| File:Jesse Panuccio official photo.jpg | |
| United States Associate Attorney General Acting |
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| Assumed office February 21, 2018 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Rachel Brand |
| In office Acting: February 2017 – May 22, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | William Baer (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Brand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesse Michael Panuccio November 1, 1980 New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Duke University (BA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
Jesse Michael Panuccio (born November 1, 1980) is the acting Associate Attorney General of the United States.[1][2] He previously served as general counsel to Governor Rick Scott of Florida and as the executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.[3][4][5]
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Education
Panuccio received a B.A. from Duke University,[6][7] and a J.D. from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 2006.[4][8]
Legal career
Panuccio is a member of the Florida and District of Columbia bars.[9] Panuccio served as a law clerk to Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.[9]
Panuccio then practiced law with the Washington D.C.-based law firm Cooper & Kirk PLLC.
Florida government service
Panuccio joined the administration of Governor Rick Scott as deputy general counsel in January 2011.[4] In 2012, Governor Scott appointed Panuccio general counsel to the governor.[4] In those roles, Panuccio represented the governor and the state in several significant constitutional challenges, including challenges to drug testing of state employees and welfare recipients[10][11][4] as well as a required state-worker pension contribution.[4] He also advised the governor on judicial appointments and served as chief ethics officer for the Executive Office of the Governor.[12]
In January 2013, Scott appointed Panuccio executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.[4][13] At the time, Panuccio was 32 years old[4] and was the youngest agency head in Florida government.[14] During his tenure, Panuccio wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald about the departments efforts to combat fraud in the unemployment insurance program,[15] and an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal opposing the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed changes to its overtime rules.[16] In December 2015, Panuccio announced his resignation, effective January 8, 2016.[13]
On January 25, 2016, Governor Scott appointed Panuccio to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.[17]
Department of Justice service
In January 2017, Panuccio was named acting Associate Attorney General of the United States.[18] The Associate Attorney General is the third highest ranking official at the Department of Justice, and oversees virtually all non-criminal matters.[18]
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Toluse Olorunnipa, Free-market conservative leads Gov. Rick Scott's jobs agency, Miami Herald (January 27, 2013).
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- ↑ Jeff Harrington, Q&A with Jesse Panuccio, Gov. Rick Scott's point person for creating jobs, Tampa Bay Times (October 24, 2014).
- ↑ Margie Menzel, Five Questions for Jesse Panuccio, News Service of Florida (March 31, 2014).
- ↑ Aaron Deslatte, New agency chief promises more oversight of economic-development money, Orlando Sentinel (February 25, 2013).
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Michael Auslen & Jeremy Wallace, Jesse Panuccio, Gov. Rick Scott's jobs chief, resigns as agency head, Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau (December 4, 2015).
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