FBI Director Names Candice M. Will as Assistant Director
For Office of Professional Responsibility
Washington, D.C. – Director Robert S. Mueller, III, has named
Candice M. Will as Assistant Director for the Office of Professional
Responsibility. Since September 2003, Ms. Will has been a part of
the FBI’s Office of General Counsel in the National Security
Law Branch.
Ms. Will began her career at the U.S. Department of Justice in May
1988. After serving for two and a half years as a trial attorney
in the Tax Division, Ms. Will became the Acting Civil Chief of the
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada. In May 1992,
Ms. Will was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Litigation Section
of the Criminal Division at Main Justice. Ms. Will later served as
an Assistant Counsel in the Justice Department’s Office of
Professional Responsibility for nine years, where she conducted more
than 100 investigations of the Department’s senior management,
attorneys, and agents.
Director Mueller said, “Candice is a tremendous asset to the
FBI. Her extensive experience will allow her to ensure that all FBI
employees uphold strong ethical standards, personal accountability,
and high levels of integrity.”
As Assistant Director for the Office of Professional Responsibility,
Ms. Will will enhance the FBI’s tradition of integrity by generating
greater awareness of expected standards of conduct and by promoting
those standards in the professional lives of all FBI employees.
Ms. Will was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and received her B.A.
from the University of New Mexico in 1979. She obtained her law degree
from St. Louis University in May, 1982. Prior to joining the U.S.
Department of Justice, Ms. Will practiced law for several years in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, both with a private firm and the New Mexico
Attorney General’s Office.
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