Principal Deputy General Counsel

The Principal Deputy General Counsel is the alter ego of the General Counsel. The Principal Deputy is responsible for overall policy coordination within OGC, and reviews for legal sufficiency policy determinations and statements emanating from the Navy Secretariat. Matters of concern to the Principal Deputy involve the full range of legal issues of interest to the Navy. The Principal Deputy General Counsel may be called upon to provide legal advice on a day-to-day basis to many clients, including the Secretary of the Navy, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and all of the many Offices of Counsel which comprise OGC.