David W. Ogden
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David William Ogden known professionally as David W. Ogden, is the former Deputy Attorney General
United States Deputy Attorney General
United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. In the United States federal government, the Deputy Attorney General oversees the day-to-day operation of the Department of Justice, and may act as Attorney General during the...

 of the United States. An American lawyer, Ogden also was a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice
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 and the United States Department of Defense
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 during the administration of President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
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Early life and education

Ogden is the son of Horace G. "Hod" Ogden (1925-1998), who was the first director of the Bureau of Health Education at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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 (and previously had worked for the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and Elaine Ogden.

Ogden earned an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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 in 1976 and a J.D.
Juris Doctor
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 magna cum laude in 1981 from Harvard Law School
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. He also served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review
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In 1981-1982, Ogden worked as a law clerk for U.S. district judge Abraham David Sofaer
Abraham David Sofaer
Abraham David Sofaer was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and then a legal adviser to the United States State Department. He is currently a George P...

, and in 1982-1983, Ogden clerked for U.S. Supreme Court
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 Associate Justice Harry Blackmun
Harry Blackmun
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Career

Ogden began his career in Washington, D.C.
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 as an associate from 1983 until 1985 at the law firm of Ennis Friedman & Bersoff, and he served as a partner at that firm from 1986 until 1988. From 1988 until 1994, Ogden was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block
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. From 1994 until 1995, Ogden served as the Deputy General Counsel and the Legal Counsel for the United States Department of Defense
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. From 1995 until 1997, he was an Associate Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice
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, and from 1997 until 1998, Ogden was Counselor to the United States Attorney General
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. From 1998 until 1999, Ogden was the chief of staff to the United States Attorney General, and from 1999 until 2000, he was Acting Assistant Attorney General. From 2000 until 2001, he was the Assistant Attorney General
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 in charge of the Civil Division in the United States Department of Justice
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.

Since June 2001, Ogden has been a partner at the Washington, D.C. firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
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, co-running the firm's Government and Regulatory Litigation Practice Group.

Deputy Attorney General

On January 5, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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 announced he would nominate Ogden to be Deputy Attorney General. Ogden's nomination was criticized by conservative groups that objected to some of his previous legal work, such as his representation of adult entertainment companies including Playboy
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 and Penthouse
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. But it was also praised and supported by important groups and figures in both parties, including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
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, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the National Sheriff's Association, the National District Attorneys Association, Larry Thompson
Larry Thompson
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, Jamie S. Gorelick, Seth Waxman, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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. Ogden was confirmed by the United States Senate
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 on March 12, 2009, in a vote of 65-28.
On December 3, 2009 it was announced that he would be resigning his post and returning to private practice in February 2010.

According to news accounts, Ogden stepped down in part because of disagreements with Attorney General Eric Holder
Eric Holder
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 over management issues.

Personal life

Ogden has three children; two by his first marriage, Jonathan and Elaine Ogden, and a baby daughter, Natalie Sylvie Ogden. Ogden lives with his wife, Anne Harkavy, and children in Arlington, Virginia. Harkavy is currently a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, which also goes by the shorter market name WilmerHale, is an American law firm with twelve offices across the USA, Europe and Asia. It was created in 2004 through the merger of the Boston-based firm Hale and Dorr and the Washington-based firm Wilmer Cutler...

. Jonathan attends the College of William and Mary, and Elaine attends University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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, in Philadelphia.
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