Jesse Panuccio
American lawyer (born 1980)
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::summary American lawyer (born 1980) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox officeholder"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Jesse Panuccio official photo.jpg |
| office | United States Associate Attorney General |
| status | Acting |
| president | Donald Trump |
| term_start | February 21, 2018 |
| term_end | May 3, 2019 |
| predecessor | Rachel Brand |
| successor | Claire McCusker Murray (acting) |
| president1 | Donald Trump |
| term_start1 | February 2017 |
| term_end1 | May 22, 2017 |
| predecessor1 | William Baer (acting) |
| successor1 | Rachel Brand |
| birth_name | Jesse Michael Panuccio |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | New Jersey, U.S. |
| party | Republican |
| education | Duke University (BA) |
| Harvard University (JD) | |
| :: |
| image = Jesse Panuccio official photo.jpg | office = United States Associate Attorney General | status = Acting | president = Donald Trump | term_start = February 21, 2018 | term_end = May 3, 2019 | predecessor = Rachel Brand | successor = Claire McCusker Murray (acting) | president1 = Donald Trump | term_start1 = February 2017 | term_end1 = May 22, 2017 | predecessor1 = William Baer (acting) | successor1 = Rachel Brand | birth_name = Jesse Michael Panuccio | birth_date = | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | party = Republican | education = Duke University (BA) Harvard University (JD) Jesse Michael Panuccio (born November 1, 1980) is an American attorney and government official. He served as the acting United States Associate Attorney General in 2017 and again from February 2018 to May 2019. He previously served as general counsel to Governor Rick Scott of Florida and as the executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
Education
Panuccio received a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 2006.
Legal career
Panuccio is a member of the Florida and District of Columbia bars. Panuccio served as a law clerk to Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Panuccio then practiced law with the Washington D.C.–based law firm Cooper & Kirk PLLC.
Florida government service
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Panuccio joined the administration of Governor Rick Scott as deputy general counsel in January 2011 after a law school friend working on Scott's campaign suggested that Panuccio should join Scott's transition team. In 2012, Governor Scott appointed Panuccio general counsel to the governor. In those roles, Panuccio represented the governor and the state in several significant legal challenges, including challenges to drug testing of state employees and welfare recipients as well as a required state-worker pension contribution. He also advised the governor on judicial appointments and served as chief ethics officer for the Executive Office of the Governor.
In January 2013, Scott appointed Panuccio executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. At the time, Panuccio was 32 years old and was the youngest agency head in Florida government. During his tenure, Panuccio wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald about the departments efforts to combat fraud in the unemployment insurance program, and an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal opposing the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed changes to its overtime rules. In December 2015, Panuccio announced his resignation, effective January 8, 2016.
On January 25, 2016, Governor Scott appointed Panuccio to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.
Department of Justice service
In January 2017, Panuccio was named acting Associate Attorney General of the United States. Panuccio's former boss and mentor, Chuck Cooper of Cooper & Kirk, was advising Senator Jeff Sessions on staffing President-elect Donald Trump's transition team and recommended Panuccio for the position. The associate attorney general is the third highest-ranking official at the U.S. Department of Justice, and oversees virtually all non-criminal matters. After newly confirmed attorney general William Barr took office, he resigned from office and was succeeded by former White House official Claire McCusker Murray.
References
References
- "Former Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio".
- "DOJ's Acting No. 3 Jesse Panuccio Stepping Down, Shares Advice for His Replacement".
- "Governor Rick Scott Announces New DEO Executive Director and EOG General Counsel".
- Toluse Olorunnipa, [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article1946713.html Free-market conservative leads Gov. Rick Scott's jobs agency], ''Miami Herald'' (January 27, 2013).
- "For now, Jesse Panuccio is the highest ranking Floridian in Trump's administration".
- Jeff Harrington, [https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/economicdevelopment/qa-with-jesse-panuccio-gov-rick-scotts-point-person-for-creating-jobs/2203551/ Q&A with Jesse Panuccio, Gov. Rick Scott's point person for creating jobs], ''Tampa Bay Times'' (October 24, 2014).
- Margie Menzel, [http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/five-questions-jesse-panuccio Five Questions for Jesse Panuccio], News Service of Florida (March 31, 2014).
- Aaron Deslatte, [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2013/02/25/new-agency-chief-promises-more-oversight-of-economic-development-money/ New agency chief promises more oversight of economic-development money], ''Orlando Sentinel'' (February 25, 2013).
- (January 14, 2011). "Governor Scott Names Additional Staff in the EOG".
- (November 2, 2012). "Appeals court weighs Florida welfare drug test law".
- "Federal judge raises questions about Florida's random drug-testing policy".
- "Gov. Rick Scott: We Appreciate Jesse Panuccio's Five Years of Service to Florida".
- Michael Auslen & Jeremy Wallace, [https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/jesse-panuccio-gov-rick-scotts-jobs-chief-resigns-as-agency-head/2256518/ Jesse Panuccio, Gov. Rick Scott's jobs chief, resigns as agency head], ''Tampa Bay Times''/''Miami Herald'' Tallahassee Bureau (December 4, 2015).
- (March 25, 2016). "Department of Economic Opportunity: New agency chief promises more oversight of economic-development money". Orlando Sentinel.
- "Fund Florida's fight against fraud". Miami Herald.
- Panuccio, Jesse. "The Real Cost of Obama's Overtime Mandate". The Wall Street Journal.
- "Governor Rick Scott Appoints Forty-Three to Judicial Nominating Commissions".
- "For now, Jesse Panuccio is the highest-ranking Floridian in Trump's administration".
- "How Florida Lawyer Jesse Panuccio Became One of Washington's Youngest Highfliers {{!".
- (2019-05-10). "Meet the Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General".
- Barber, C. Ryan. "Barr Eyes Ex-White House Lawyer for Top Justice Department Post".
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