Harmeet Dhillon
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division
Harmeet Kaur Dhillon was born in September 1969 in Chandigarh, India. She graduated from Dartmouth College, and then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. She clerked at the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Dhillon worked as an associate at several law firms until she became a partner in Dhillon Law Group. She litigated cases regarding rights under the Constitution, including free speech and several civil rights violation cases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dhillon served as a legal advisor during President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in 2020. She ran unsuccessfully for the California Assembly and the California Senate.
Dhillon was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in December 2024. She was confirmed by the Senate and assumed her appointment in April 2025.
Dhillon is widowed of Sarvjit Randhawa; divorced from D. Singh; and divorced from Kanwarjit Singh. She is a Sikh.
In the News…
Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division announced that President Donald Trump’s administration will “aggressively” prosecute attacks against pro-life pregnancy centers and churches. The assistant attorney general said the Federal Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act that was used to jail pro-life demonstrators will be applied in these cases.
While the law, signed by President Clinton, requires a $10,000 fine and up to six months in jail for an initial conviction for anyone who “intentionally damages or destroys the property of a place of religious worship” or any facility “providing reproductive health services,” it has been used almost entirely against pro-life protestors.
“The only violence being done in recent years is to the law and to the rights of speech and of prayer of people of faith of people who want to pray … outside abortion facilities,” Assistant Attorney Dhillon said recently. Facilities that offer prenatal care, including pro-life pregnancy resource centers, “are protected by the FACE Act, and so we will be aggressively going after” vandals and violators of the law. “
The assistant attorney general added, “Those facilities have been violently attacked by activists with no action by law enforcement, federal or state.”
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Assistant Attorney General Dhillon today? You can let her know at:
The Honorable Harmeet Dhillon
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530
