Christopher Hardee

Christopher Hardee served as Chief for Law & Policy in the National Security Division of the Department of Justice from 2013 to 2025, including as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Law & Policy in 2025. He served as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General and Counsel to the Associate Attorney General after several years as a trial attorney. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and clerked for Judge Fred I. Parker, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and for Judge James H. Michael, Jr., United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.