Identity

About Adam J. Szubin

Titles and dates come from Treasury releases, the Obama White House bio, and Congress.gov. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity confidence is high: one prominent U.S. official matches this uncommon name. The official Treasury portrait is used on this identity page and as the homepage lead.

Adam J. Szubin, U.S. Treasury official portrait — Adam J. Szubin. U.S. Department of the Treasury official portrait (camera date 28 October 2011). U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Adam_Szubin.jpg.

Adam J. Szubin (also Adam Szubin) is a former U.S. Treasury and Justice Department official, later a Johns Hopkins SAIS faculty member and a lawyer in private practice. This page is identity. The episodes live in the posts. This is not the biography he would write. Domain ownership of adamszubin.com is not treated as proof he uses or endorses this site.

Documented roles

Education (White House bio). A.B., Harvard College; J.D., Harvard Law School. White House, Apr. 16, 2015.
1999–2000. Law clerk, Hon. Ronald L. Gilman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Same White House bio; also Treasury hp-39.
2000–2003. Trial attorney, DOJ Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch / Terrorism Litigation Task Force. White House; Treasury hp-39.
2003–2004. Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. White House bio.
2004–2006. Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. Treasury hp-39; White House.
2006–2015. Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. Treasury, Aug. 1, 2006.
February 2015. Designated Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes. White House bio.
2015–2017. Nominated Under Secretary (PN371, received Apr. 20, 2015); never confirmed; returned Jan. 3, 2017. Congress.gov.
January 20, 2017. Treasury spokesperson: would serve as Acting Secretary of the Treasury until a new secretary was confirmed, then leave government. Treasury, Jan. 19, 2017.
May 2017–. Johns Hopkins SAIS faculty (Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence / Professor of Practice). SAIS.
Later. Covington & Burling professional biography (firm page, not a government filing). cov.com.

What this site is not

It is not a finding that Adam Szubin committed a crime. A Senate hold is not an indictment. Acting service is not confirmation. A Politico report that the incoming Trump team asked him to stay is reporting of a continuity ask — not documented Trump-friendly service, and not a reason to build a tribute. This site does not invent quotes, titles, or convictions.

It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.

Unresolved

Exact last day physically in the building after the acting-secretary designation is not independently pinned beyond Treasury’s “until a new Secretary is confirmed” clause. Exact Covington start date is a firm bio, not a filing. No dedicated Daily Wire, Federalist, Daily Caller, Breitbart, Just the News / John Solomon, RCP, Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit, OANN, or Deep Capture Szubin profile was located as of August 22, 2026. Fox News covered the 2016 committee vote and the Cotton block.