Current and Former EPA General Counsels

Below is a chronological list of EPA current and former General Counsels.

General Counsel	Start	End
Sean Donahue	5/16/25	present
James (Jim) Payne (Acting)	2/12/25	5/15/25
Sean Donahue (Acting)	1/20/25	2/11/25
Dimple Chaudhary (Acting)	9/20/24	1/20/25
Jeffrey Prieto	11/03/21	9/20/24
Melissa Hoffer (Acting)	01/20/21	11/03/21
David Fotouhi (Acting)	09/23/20	01/20/21
Matthew Z. Leopold	01/08/18	9/22/20
Kevin S. Minoli (Acting)	01/21/17	01/07/18
Avi Garbow	08/07/13	01/20/17
Brenda Mallory (Acting)	01/04/13	08/06/13
Scott Fulton	08/07/09	01/03/13
Patricia Hirsch (Acting)	04/26/08	08/08/09
Roger R. Martella	03/30/07	04/25/08
Roger R. Martella (Acting)	08/01/06	03/30/07
Ann R. Klee	06/01/04	07/31/06
Anna Wolgast (Acting)	03/16/04	05/31/04
Lisa Jaeger (Acting)	09/04/03	03/15/04
Robert E. Fabricant	08/07/01	09/03/03
Anna Wolgast (Acting)	01/20/01	08/06/01
Gary S. Guzy	07/07/99	01/19/01
Gary S. Guzy (Acting)	11/17/98	07/06/99
Jonathan Z. Cannon	07/06/95	07/04/98
Jean C. Nelson	10/22/93	07/05/95
Gerald H. Yamada (Acting)	03/08/93	10/21/93
Raymond B. Ludwiszewski (Acting)	08/17/91	03/07/93
E. Donald Elliott	11/27/89	08/16/91
Gerald H. Yamada (Acting)	02/04/89	11/26/89
Lawrence J. Jensen	08/23/88	02/03/89
Lawrence J. Jensen (Acting)	03/28/88	08/22/88
Francis S. Blake	06/27/85	03/27/88
Gerald H. Yamada (Acting)	01/06/85	06/26/85
A. James Barnes	10/14/83	01/05/85

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