Sally Yates
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United States Attorney General Acting |
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In office January 20, 2017 – January 30, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Loretta Lynch |
| Succeeded by | Dana Boente (acting) |
| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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In office January 10, 2015 – January 30, 2017 |
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Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | James Cole |
| Succeeded by | Rod J. Rosenstein (nominee) |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia | |
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In office March 10, 2010 – January 10, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Nahmias |
| Succeeded by | John A. Horn |
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Sally Caroline Quillian August 20, 1960 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | University of Georgia (BA, JD) |
Sally Caroline Yates (née Quillian; born August 20, 1960) is an American lawyer. She served as a United States Attorney and later United States Deputy Attorney General, having been appointed to both positions by President Barack Obama.
Following the inauguration of Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Yates served as Acting Attorney General from January 20, 2017, until being dismissed by President Trump on January 30, following her instruction to the Justice Department not to defend Trump's immigration-related executive order in court.
Yates was born in Atlanta to J. Kelley Quillian, an attorney and judge who served as a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals between 1966 and 1984, and Xara Terrell Quillian. Her grandmother had been one of the first women admitted to the Georgia Bar, however, she was not hired as an attorney, instead working as a legal secretary for Yates's grandfather.
She attended the University of Georgia, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 1982. In 1986, she earned a law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, Yates served as the executive editor of the Georgia Law Review.
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