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Jeh Charles Johnson (born September 11, 1957)〔(Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, First Session, 111th Congress ). S. Hrg. 111-362.〕 is an American civil and criminal trial lawyer, and the current United States Secretary of Homeland Security. He was the General Counsel of the Department of Defense from 2009 to 2012 during the first Obama Administration. Johnson is a graduate of Morehouse College (B.A.) and Columbia Law School (J.D.), and is the grandson of sociologist and Fisk University president Dr. Charles S. Johnson. Johnson's first name (pronounced "Jay") is taken from a Liberian chief, who reportedly saved his grandfather’s life while Dr. Johnson was on a League of Nations mission to Liberia in 1930.〔Johnson, Charles S., ''Bitter Canaan: The Story of the Negro Republic'' Transaction Books (1987), page 1xxiii fn 171〕 ==Career== Johnson served as Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1989 to 1991. From 1998 to 2001, he was General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force under President Bill Clinton.〔(Jeh Johnson Biography ) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP. Retrieved on March 13, 2008〕 Prior to his appointment as General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Johnson was a partner at the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, in which he was the first African American elected partner and to which he returned after his four years at the Defense Department.〔Lentz, Philip (1996). "Jeh Johnson – 1996 40 Under 40 – Crain’s New York Business Rising Stars". ''Crain’s New York Business'', Retrieved on March 13, 2008〕 He was elected a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2004.〔 On January 8, 2009, he was named by President Barack Obama to be General Counsel for the Defense Department.〔 〕 In December 2012, he resigned this position effective at the end of the year to return to private practice.〔Baldor, Lolita C. ("Jeh Johnson, Pentagon's Top Lawyer, Resigns" ) ''The Huffington Post'', December 6, 2012〕 Ten months later, on October 18, 2013, Johnson was nominated by President Obama to be Secretary of Homeland Security. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeh Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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