DOJ's Tony West Shares Story at ABA Day on Campus

DOJ Insider Shares Story Behind the Headlines

Assistant Attorney General Tony West loves his job.  Serving as the head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division has been what he calls an extraordinary privilege.  He shared his enthusiasm with a group of University of Chicago Law School students last week as the featured speaker of an American Bar Association membership event, ABA Day on Campus.

“I have to tell you, there’s never been a job at which I’ve worked so hard or that I loved so much,” said West, sharing highlights from his career.

As a political appointee “operating under an expiration date,” West said he is aware that he must make every minute count.  So he concentrates on three priorities:  pursuing and promoting national security; protecting American taxpayers from fraud; and protecting consumers from financial fraud and other threats to their health and safety.

With more than 1,000 lawyers and 1,400 employees working with him, West described how he runs what is essentially “the federal government’s law firm.”

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