Bio

• Age: 50
• Education:  Yale University, JD (1986); Yale University, BA (1983)
• From: Bloomington, IN
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Female

Most recently a law professor at Indiana University, Johnsen led the Office of Legal Counsel in an interim capacity during the Clinton administration and has been outspoken about what she called overly expansive views of executive power that the Justice Department adopted during the Bush administration.

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Obama Campaign/Transition

• Obama Transition Team, team leader, Justice Department

Last Job

• Indiana University, professor, Maurer School of Law

Other Jobs

• Justice Department, acting assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel,
• Justice Department, deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel
• National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League, legal director

Connections

• Former Clinton appointee(s)

Financial Disclosure

View Dawn E. Johnsen's official financial disclosure statements, which describe the sources, types and amounts of income earned in a given year.

• 2009 (PDF)