Thomas J. Perrelli was sworn in on March 12, 2009, as the Associate Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice.

Mr. Perrelli previously served in the Department as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno (1997 – 1999) and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in heading up the Civil Division's Federal Programs Branch (1999 – 2001). In private practice, Mr. Perrelli worked for the national litigation firm of Jenner & Block LLP, where he co-chaired the firm’s Entertainment and New Media practice group and served as Managing Partner of its Washington, D.C. office (1992 – 1997, 2001 – 2009).

Mr. Perrelli graduated from Brown University and the Harvard Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk for Hon. Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1991 – 1992).

He is married and has two children.