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 the establishment of a Second Amendment section of her division. She said the section would focus on the protection of Americans’ gun rights.
Assistant Attorney General Dhillon said, “For the first time, the DOJ Civil Rights Division and the DOJ at large will be protecting and advancing our citizens’ right to bear arms as part of our civil rights work.”
“Some of the things we’re seeing, and that is going to be the focus of our work around the country, includes multi-thousand-dollar costs for citizens to apply for concealed carry permits,” AAG Dhillon continued. “Other jurisdictions are having unreasonably long delays. Other jurisdictions are outlawing guns that should be protected by the Second Amendment under the recent Supreme Court precedent.”
She added that having gun rights “equalizes the ability of those of us, women, people with disabilities, and others who might otherwise be more vulnerable to be able to protect ourselves.”
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The Honorable Harmeet Dhillon
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530
