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  • General Counsel of the Navy
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  • The General Counsel of the Department of the Navy is the senior civilian lawyer in the U.S. Department of the Navy and is the senior legal adviser to the Secretary of the Navy. The Office of the General Counsel of the Navy provides legal advice to the Secretary, the Under Secretary of the Navy and the various Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and their staffs. The General Counsel of the Navy is the third highest-ranking civilian office in the Department of the Navy, behind the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Navy.
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  • 120
incumbentsince
  • 2010-03-12
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Formation
  • 1941
appointer
  • The President
insigniasize
  • 120
insigniacaption
  • Seal of the Office of the General Counsel
Seat
  • The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Incumbent
ImageSize
  • 200
First
reports to
salary
Body
  • the Department of the Navy
Insignia
  • Department-of-the-Navy-Office-of-the-General-Counsel-Seal-Plaque-L.jpg
Precursor
Post
  • General Counsel
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  • Flag of the General Counsel and the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
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  • No fixed term
Style
Website
deputy
  • Deputy General Counsel
Department
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  • US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg
appointer qualified
  • with Senate advice and consent
abstract
  • The General Counsel of the Department of the Navy is the senior civilian lawyer in the U.S. Department of the Navy and is the senior legal adviser to the Secretary of the Navy. The Office of the General Counsel of the Navy provides legal advice to the Secretary, the Under Secretary of the Navy and the various Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and their staffs. The General Counsel of the Navy is the third highest-ranking civilian office in the Department of the Navy, behind the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Navy. The General Counsel maintains a close working relationship with the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the senior uniformed lawyer in the Department of the Navy who performs statutory duties under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The General Counsel manages nearly 650 attorneys worldwide, helps to oversee the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and advises senior Navy and Marine Corps officials on litigation, acquisition, contractual, fiscal, environmental, property, personnel, legislative, ethics, and intelligence law issues.
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