Jennifer A.H. Hodge

In January 2020, Jennifer A.H. Hodge was appointed as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) after serving as an Acting DAAG in 2019.  Initially, she served as the DAAG for the Office of Enforcement Operations (OEO) and the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section (NDDS).  In September 2025, through a reorganization, her portfolio shifted to encompass OEO and the Public Integrity Section (PIN).  In her role as DAAG for OEO, she is the approving official for numerous requests from United States Attorney’s Offices (USAOs) and law enforcement partners regarding the use of the Department’s most sophisticated and sensitive investigative techniques, including, among other matters, electronic surveillance, attorney subpoenas, certain requests arising under the Department’s news media policy, and witness immunity.  Jennifer also reviews and handles ethics matters, as well as compliance and the Privacy Act as the Division’s Senior Component Official for Privacy.

Before being appointed as a DAAG, Jennifer was the Director of OEO.  She started her career in the Department as a Trial Attorney in OEO’s Electronic Surveillance Unit (ESU).  She subsequently served as the Deputy Chief of ESU and ultimately became Chief of ESU and then Deputy Director of OEO.  For more than a decade, Jennifer reviewed and advised on Title III wiretap applications, and she worked collaboratively with law enforcement agencies and USAOs to keep pace with ever-changing technology that impacts surveillance.  Based on her expertise, Jennifer has presented and trained on Title III matters at the National Advocacy Center, USAOs, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force conferences, law enforcement agencies, and for foreign delegations.  Jennifer’s service has been recognized with several Department achievement awards as well as an Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service and the John C. Keeney Award for Exceptional Integrity and Professionalism.

Prior to joining OEO, Jennifer worked as a law clerk to the Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in Fairfax County (Virginia), as an Assistant Public Defender in Northern Virginia, and in private practice for two firms, litigating matters in the Eastern District of Virginia.  She also directed the Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis Program at the George Mason University School of Law, and previously served as an adjunct professor there.

Jennifer is a graduate of the George Mason University School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary.