Jeh Johnson

Jeh Charles Johnson born September 11 1957 is an American lawyer and former government official He was United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017 From 2009 to 2012 Johnson was the general counsel of the Department of Defense during the first years of the Obama administration Before joining the Obama administration he was a federal prosecutor the general counsel of the Department of the Air Force and an attorney in private practice Johnson is currently a partner at the law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison a member of the board of directors of MetLife and a trustee of Columbia University On May 5 2025 it was announced that Johnson was appointed cochair of the Board of Trustees at Columbia University and that he would retire from Paul Weiss effective June 30 2025