Scott Newton Schools is an American lawyer and the chief compliance officer of OpenAI.Vandana Singh. OpenAI Appoints Former Uber Exec As Compliance Officer To Oversee Regulatory Issues. Benzinga. 22 October 2024 Schools previously served as the chief ethics and compliance officer of Uber.Greg Bensinger and Sadie Gurman. Uber Hires Former Top Justice Department Lawyer for Compliance Post. WSJ. 9 July 2018 Before joining Uber, Schools was the highest-ranking career civil servant at the United States Department of Justice, serving as associate deputy attorney general. He has been characterized as “the most important unknown person in D.C.”Leon Neyfakh. The Most Important Unknown Person in D.C. Slate. 26 June 2017
It has been reported that Schools was a significant advisor to top political officials Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein, and made a significant recommendation to dismiss James Comey.Carrie Johnson. Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down. NPR. 3 July 2018Laura Jarrett. Top career official at Justice Department stepping down. CNN. 3 July 2018
Earlier in his career, Schools had served as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Bradley Weinsheimer to Replace Departing Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools. News release, Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, 3 July 2018
In 2018, Schools was replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer, who now serves as DoJ's highest ranking career civil servant.
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