Christopher Robert Kavanaugh (born 1980) is an American attorney who is the

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Education

Kavanaugh received his Bachelor of Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2002 and a

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from the

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in 2006.

Career

Kavanaugh was a

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for Judge

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of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2006 to 2007. From 2007 to 2014, Kavanaugh was an

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in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Kavanaugh served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 2014 to 2021. In this role, he was the chief national security prosecutor, senior litigation counsel, and counsel to the

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. He has served as senior counsel for the United States deputy attorney general. Since 2011, he has been an adjunct professor at the

, where he teaches federal criminal practice and trial advocacy.

U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia

In March 2021, Senators Tim Kaine and

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recommended Kavanaugh and one other candidate to the White House. On August 10, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Kavanaugh to be the United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia. On September 30, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On October 5, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote. On the evening of October 7, 2021, he was sworn into office by deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco. On August 28, 2024, he announced his intent to resign from his position as United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia effective at the end of the year.

Personal life

Kavanaugh is married to Jasmine H. Yoon, the former vice president of corporate integrity, ethics, and investigations at Capital One and a judge for the

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References

External links

Biography at U.S. Department of Justice
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kavanaugh, Christopher R. 1980 births Living people 21st-century American engineers 21st-century American lawyers Assistant United States Attorneys Georgia Tech alumni People from Gastonia, North Carolina United States Attorneys for the Western District of Virginia United States Department of Justice lawyers University of Virginia School of Law alumni