Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division

President Obama nominated Mary L. Smith to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division on April 20, 2009. A hearing to consider her nomination was held on May 12, 2009. On June 11, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.

Committee Questionnaire

Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record

Questions for the Record: Ranking Member Jeff Sessions
Questions for the Record: Senator Orrin Hatch
Questions for the Record: Senator Charles Grassley
Questions for the Record: Senator Tom Coburn
Questions for the Record: Senator Carl Levin

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

November 1, 2009 - United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
October 29, 2009 - National Congress of American Indian
October 27, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
October 21, 2009 - W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman/CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
June 18, 2009 - Sheldon S. Cohen, former Chief Counsel for the International Revenue Service, and former IRS Commissioner
May 12, 2009 - National Bar Association
May 11, 2009 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
May 11, 2009 - Nathan J. Hochman, Bingham; former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
May 11, 2009 - Hispanic National Bar Association
May 8, 2009 - National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
May 7, 2009 - Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
May 7, 2009 - Representative Bobby L. Rush (Illinois)
May 7, 2009 - Representative Bill Foster (Illinois)
May 6, 2009 - E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., President, The Chicago Bar Association
May 6, 2009 - H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
May 6, 2009 - Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Solicitor General
May 6, 2009 - Beth Nolan, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General
May 6, 2009 - Bill Lann Lee, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., former Assistant Attorney General
May 6, 2009 - Nancy E. Gist, former Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
May 6, 2009 - Paulette Brown, Partner & Chief Diversity Officer, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
May 5, 2009 - National Association of Women Lawyers
May 5, 2009 - Native American Rights Fund
May 5, 2009 - Representative Danny K. Davis (Illinois)
May 5, 2009 - Jack Carey, President, Illinois State Bar Association
May 4, 2009 - Charles R. Work, McDermott Will & Emery; former Assistant U.S. Attorney
May 4, 2009 - National Congress of American Indians
May 4, 2009 - James K. Robinson, Cadwalader; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
May 1, 2009 - Judith A. Winston, former Undersecretary and General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education
May 1, 2009 - National Women's Law Center
April 30, 2009 - Abner J. Mikva, former White House Counsel; former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit; former U.S. Congressman
April 30, 2009 - Daniel Marcus, American University Washington College of Law; former Associate Attorney General; former Counsel, White House Counsel's Office
April 29, 2009 - Michael J. Madigan, Orrick
April 29, 2009 - Dennis W. Archer, Dickinson Wright PLLC; former Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court; former Mayor, City of Detroit; former President, American Bar Association
April 28, 2009 - William P. Marshall, Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina
April 28, 2009 - Michale S. Greco, K&L Gates LLP
April 28, 2009 - David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
April 27, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
April 27, 2009 - Robert J. Grey, Jr., Hunton & Williams; former President, American Bar Association
April 23, 2009 - Carol Lamm, White & Case LLP
April 21, 2009 - William Lytton, former Assistant U.S. Attorney