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Counselor and Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor
J. Jasen Eige
In this cabinet-level position, Jasen Eige oversees the Governor's Policy Office, including directing the creation of Governor McDonnell's policy agenda and the Administration's legislative efforts. Eige will also manages the Counsel's Office.
Since the beginning of the Administration, Jasen Eige served as Counselor and Senior Advisor to the Governor. In that position, Eige's duties included providing legal counsel and advice to the Governor and his Administration, and assisting with policy and legislative matters. Following law school, Eige clerked for the Honorable Glen M. Williams, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia. He then joined the Abingdon law firm of Penn, Stuart & Eskridge as an associate. Eige then served in the Office of the Attorney General, beginning with Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. In the Attorney General's Office, Eige served in several roles, including as an Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Section of the Civil Litigation Division, as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Finance Law and Government Services Section and Acting Section Chief for the Government Services portion of the Section.
In 2007, Eige began serving as Chief of Staff and Counsel to then-Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell. Among other duties, he oversaw the Administrative Division of the Office and also took over oversight responsibilities for the Financial Law and Government Services Division.
In 2009, Eige joined Governor-elect McDonnell's gubernatorial campaign as Chief Counsel. Among other duties, he assisted with the campaign's policy development efforts. After the election, Eige served as Counsel to the Governor-elect's Transition Office.
Eige earned his Juris Doctor and Masters in Public Policy degrees at Regent University, after attending King College in Bristol, Tennessee, where he received a Bachelors of Arts in political science and history.