DoD GC to Step Down at the End of the Year

Wells Bennett
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 11:03 AM
Jeh Johnson, the Department of Defense's General Counsel, will resign effective midnight on December 31 of this year.  According to his resignation letter, Johnson plans to take some time off, and then to return to private practice.

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Jeh Johnson, the Department of Defense's General Counsel, will resign effective midnight on December 31 of this year.  According to his resignation letter, Johnson plans to take some time off, and then to return to private practice.

Wells C. Bennett was Managing Editor of Lawfare and a Fellow in National Security Law at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to Brookings, he was an Associate at Arnold & Porter LLP.

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