U.S. President Trump to Nominate Stanley Woodward, Elliot Gaiser to Key Posts at Department of Justice

The Department of Justice has announced President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate Stanley Woodward as Associate Attorney General and Elliot Gaiser as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.  

Stanley Woodward (The Office of the Associate Attorney General)

Most recently, Stanley served as Assistant and Senior Counselor to the President. Stanley is a high-profile litigator and co-founder of Brand Woodward Law, LP, where he represented numerous prestigious clients in complex, high-stakes litigation, including multiple federal jury trials.

Previously, he worked at a multinational law firm, where his experience included representing multiple international corporations in defense of alleged violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and serving as coordinating counsel to companies involved in nationwide federal litigation. 

In 2018, he was awarded the D.C. Bar’s Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award for his efforts leading the firm’s Housing Law practice, providing legal counsel to tenants across the District of Columbia facing eviction. 

Stanley has served as an adjunct professor with the Catholic University Columbus School of Law and taught trial advocacy in Namibia with Lawyers Without Borders. 

He clerked for judges on the D.C. Court of Appeals and the D.C. Superior Court and earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science from American University, as well as his Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.

Elliot Gaiser (The Office of Legal Counsel)

Elliot presently serves as the Solicitor General of Ohio. Prior to his appointment as Solicitor General by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Elliot was an associate at Jones Day in Columbus, Ohio. He previously worked as an associate at Boyden Gray in Washington, D.C.

Elliot clerked for Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States; Judge Neomi Rao of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Hillsdale College.