Jeff Green

Jeffrey Green was promoted to the position of senior attorney and Deputy Designated Agency Ethics Official at the Department of Defense in November 2000. Prior to that, Jeff was a deputy ethics official for the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel, serving in that position for over eight years. 

In 1997, he was selected for a six-month detail to serve in the Office of the Counsel to the President. He has given numerous presentations on the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. He has published several articles on ethics that have been approved for use by the Office of Government Ethics in lieu of an “in-person” regulatory training requirement. He has also written a law review article on the History of the Federal Conflicts of Interest Law and on the Emoluments Clause to the Constitution. Jeff has served as a Guest Lecturer at the Georgetown University School of Law. 

Prior to Government service, Jeff worked in private practice, where he developed ethics compliance programs for corporations and taught a business ethics course. 

Jeff graduated with a BA from Northwestern University and with both a JD and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a member of the state bars of Texas, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.