Professor of Public Policy
Contact Information
rdeitz@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-3480
Fax: 703-993-8215
Mason Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 674
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
MSN: 3B1
Biography
Robert L. Deitz is a professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Previously, he served as senior Councilor to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 until February 2009. From September 1998 to September 2006, Deitz was the general counsel at the National Security Agency where he represented the NSA in all legal matters. He has also held positions as acting general counsel at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and as acting deputy general counsel, intelligence, at the Department of Defense.
Deitz began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Justices Douglas, Stewart, and White of the United States Supreme Court. He has also been in private practice and was special assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph Califano during the Carter Administration.
He is the author of Congratulations – You Just Got Hired: Don’t Screw It Up, which is intended to assist newly hired professionals excel in the workplace.
Deitz received his JD (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supreme Court Note and Note Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he studied international politics and economics. He majored in English literature at Middlebury College, where he received a BA (cum laude) and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Curriculum Vitae
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PRESENT:
Professor of Public Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE:
May 2006 – June 2012: CIA Officer-in-Residence, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
September 2006 – May 2009: Senior Councilor to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
September 1998 – September 2006: General Counsel, National Intelligence Agency (NSA). Served as the chief legal officer of NSA and represented it in all legal matters. (From March 2005 to January 2006 was acting General Counsel, National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency. From January 2003 to June 2004 was acting Deputy General Counsel, Intelligence, at the Department of Defense.)
1981 – 1998: Private practice of law.
1979 – 1981: Special Assistant to Warren Christopher, Deputy Secretary of State.
1978 – 1979: Special Assistant to Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare.
1976 – 1978: Private practice of law.
1975 – 1976: Law clerk to Honorable Justices Douglas, Stewart and White, United States Supreme Court.
EDUCATION:
1975: J.D. magna cum laude, Harvard Law School; Supreme Court Note and Note Editor, Harvard Law Review.
1972: M.P.A Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.
1968: B.A. cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College (major in English literature).
Bar Memberships:
District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court, D.D.C., D. Md., D.C. Cir., 2d Cir., 3d Cir., 4th Cir., 5th Cir., 6th Cir., 7th Cir., 8th Cir., 9th Cir., 10th Cir., and U.S. Tax Court.
Military:
1968 – 1970: U.S. Army; awarded Army Commendation Medal.
Personal:
Married, two children.