White House Staff

Dana Power
Assistant to the President for Communications

Dennis Athey
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff

Dan O'Sullivan
Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President

Mary Nemeth
Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Policy Advisor

Ed Petzold
Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff

Drew O'Brien
Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary

Judith Kanheman
Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary

Karen Lawn
Assistant to the President and White House Counsel

Marcia Mandi
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Colleen Ryan
Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Sonny Yocius
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary

Helen Doster
Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications

Eric Corbin
Deputy Assistant to the President, Assistant to the Vice President

Chris Varga
Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Matt Flaig
Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff

Salvatore Lawless
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel

Brett Newbanks
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

Tom Wadsworth
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison

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Salvatore Lawless

Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Counsel

Salvatore Lawless was commissioned as Deputy White House Counsel to President Kent in January of 2009. Prior to serving in the White House, he served as a Prosecutor for the City of New York. He served as New York Secretary of State under Governor Russo. Among his many duties as Secretary of State, Lawless was a senior advisor to then Governor Russo, chief elections officer, and the Governor's lead liaison on Canada and border issues.

Prior to his appointment as Secretary of State, Lawless was the General Counsel to Mayor, then Governor Russo for three years. Before joining the Mayor's staff, he was a partner with the law firm of Vincent & Moose L.L.P. in New York. He joined the firm in June 1986. While in private practice, Lawless also taught law as an adjunct professor at the SUNY Law Center.

Lawless is generally seen as a protege and partisan of the VPOTUS.

Among his many professional and civic activities, Lawless was elected to the American Law Institute in 2004. He was a board trustee of the New York Bar Foundation from 2000 to 2009, a board director for the State Bar of New York from 2001 to 2006, and President of the New York Hispanic Bar Association from 1990 to 1991.

Lawless was born in New York City to a Roman Catholic Family, and attended Notre Dame University. He earned a J.D. from Columbia Law. Lawless served in the United States Air Force between 1977 and 1981

Office of the White House Counsel

The White House Legal Counsel provides legal advice to the Office of the White House, much as a Corporate Lawyer would to a Company. However, the OLC are public employees, not the personal counsel of the President. They could not defend the President against criminal or civil charges, though they could advise him on what actions would be criminal or actionable in the course of his work. They are also able to offer qualified opinions as to whether or not a given thing constitutes a legal issue