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Scott Schools

Scott Schools

American lawyer

Scott Newton Schools is an American lawyer who currently serves as chief compliance officer of Uber.[1] Before joining Uber, Schools was the highest-ranking career civil servant at the United States Department of Justice, serving as associate deputy attorney general. He has been characterized as “the most important unknown person in D.C.”[2]

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It has been reported that Schools was a significant advisor to top political officials Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein, and made a significant recommendation to dismiss James Comey.[3][4]

Earlier in his career, Schools had served as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.[5][6]

In 2018, Schools was replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer, who now serves as DOJ's highest ranking career civil servant.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Greg Bensinger and Sadie Gurman. Uber Hires Former Top Justice Department Lawyer for Compliance Post. WSJ. 9 July 2018
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    Leon Neyfakh. The Most Important Unknown Person in D.C. Slate. 26 June 2017
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    Carrie Johnson. Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down. NPR. 3 July 2018
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    Laura Jarrett. Top career official at Justice Department stepping down. CNN. 3 July 2018
  5. [5]
    Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Bradley Weinsheimer to Replace Departing Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools. News release, Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, 3 July 2018
  6. [6]
    "Scott Schools to resign from DOJ office". Washington Times. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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