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• Comment: Please add independent, secondary sources that provide substantial coverage of the subject himself to show notability. See WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. Accesscrawl (talk) 17:21, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: There are still several uncited sections (eg: two paragraphs in "US Army"). All statements in the biography of a living person need citations. ArthurTheGardener (talk) 08:12, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: All of the ODNI material is WP:PRIMARY. Obtain secondary sources that discuss this in detail. "As General Counsel, he provides legal guidance to ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard and the eighteen agencies comprising the United States Intelligence Community (IC) including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the National Security Agency (NSA)." SocDoneLeft (talk) 20:02, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

The Honorable Dr. John "Jack" Dever
Education	University of Notre Dame
Occupations	General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and former Army Officer
Predecessor	Christopher Fonzone
Website	https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/ogc/ogc-leadership

Jack Dever (born January 31, 1969) is an American attorney serving as General Counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)..^[1]

Dever was born on January 31, 1969, in Danbury, Connecticut.^[2] He is the son of John P. Dever Sr., PhD, an Army Officer and Spanish Professor formerly of Chicago, IL and María del Carmen Luengo Santaló from Madrid, Spain.^[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 and holds a Doctor of Juridical Science degree in Cybersecurity Law.^[4]

Dever served in the US Army and his deployments and overseas assignments included Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Nigeria, Oman, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Bosnia, Horn of Africa, Yemen, South Korea, Thailand, Mali, Australia, and Micronesia.^[5]

In 2004, while serving as a JAG Officer in the Iraq War, he was the rear gunner on an SUV convoy traveling along Route Irish between Camp Victory and Baghdad International Airport.^[6] The convoy had recently left the Al-Faw Palace when it came under enemy fire and he was wounded.^[7] He received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals.^[8]

After leaving active duty, Dever became Assistant General Counsel at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Security Law Division and was later appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago) where he prosecuted espionage and data exfiltration cases.^[9]

Dever then joined the private sector and became a senior executive at General Electric (GE) and several of the world's largest financial institutions, including GE Capital, Wells Fargo, and UBS.^[10] He co-chaired Task Force Movement,^[11] an initiative to improve the nation's cybersecurity while enhancing employment opportunities for Veterans^[12][13]and co-founded the Center for National Security and Human Rights Law^[14] at Chicago-Kent College of Law.^[15]

In 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Dever to serve as General Counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. His hearing before the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was held on June 25, 2025^[16] and he was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 2025.^{[17][18] [19][20][21]} He served three Directors of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard^[22], Bill Pulte^[23], and Jay Clayton^[24]

On November 11, 2025, Dever received the Rev. William Corby, C.S.C. Distinguished Military Alumni Award from the University of Notre Dame.^[25][26][27]

He speaks fluent Spanish and conversational Korean.^[28]