Alicia O’Brien

Alicia O’Brien served at the Department of Justice as an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the office of Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, and as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legislative Affairs during the Obama-Biden Administration. In these roles, she managed the Department’s responses to congressional oversight, prepared senior officials for congressional hearings, and played a key role in the Senate confirmation process for presidentially appointed Department nominees. Before joining the Biden-Harris Administration, O’Brien most recently was a partner at King & Spalding LLP in Washington, D.C. Originally from northern Ohio, O’Brien is a graduate of the University of Maryland and American University Washington College of Law. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two daughters.