Tony West (attorney)
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| United States Associate Attorney General | |
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In office March 9, 2012 – September 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Thomas Perrelli |
| Succeeded by | Stuart F. Delery |
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| Born |
Derek Anthony West August 12, 1965 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Harvard University (A.B.) Stanford Law School (J.D.) |
Tony West (born August 12, 1965) is an American lawyer who currently serves as Executive Vice President of Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for PepsiCo, Inc. He also serves as President of the PepsiCo Foundation.
West previously served as the Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice; and Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, the largest litigating division in the Department of Justice. In September 2014, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced his intention to step down, West was speculated as being a potential successor as the next United States Attorney General.
During his time at the Department, West played an integral role in the Obama Administration's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) after concluding that the statute was unconstitutional.
West also secured nearly $37 billion for American consumers and investors harmed by the financial crisis and elevated the Department's efforts to improve public safety in Indian country, including the landmark tribal provisions in the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). On August 21, 2014, West secured a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America – the largest settlement with a single entity in American history — to resolve federal and state claims against Bank of America and its former and current subsidiaries, including Countrywide Financial Corporation and Merrill Lynch.
On November 30, 2016, Senator-elect Kamala Harris announced that West would co-chair her transition team.
Tony West was born in San Francisco, California, to parents Franklin and Peggy West. His father, the first person in his family to attend college, was born and raised in Georgia and worked for IBM; while his mother, who was a teacher, was born and raised in Alabama. West was raised in San Jose, California, where he lived with his two younger sisters; Pamela and Patricia. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory, a Catholic, all-male, private secondary school, where he served as freshman class president, before graduating in 1983.
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