Editing Viet D. Dinh (section)

{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Viet Dinh
| image               = Viet Dinh by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| office              = [[United States Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[Office of Legal Policy]]
| president           = [[George W. Bush]]
| term_start          = May 31, 2001
| term_end            = May 31, 2003
| predecessor         = [[Eleanor D. Acheson]]
| successor           = Daniel Bryant
| birth_name          = Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1968|2|22}}
| birth_place         = [[Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]] (now Ho Chi Minh City, [[Vietnam]])
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| education           = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Viet D. Dinh''' ({{langx|vi|Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt}}; born February 22, 1968) is a Vietnamese-born American legal scholar<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/21/AR2009022101422.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Time to Keep the Founders' Promise in D.C | first=Steny | last=Hoyer | date=2009-02-22 | access-date=2010-05-27}}</ref> who is on the board of Strategic Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.strategiceducation.com/about/board-of-directors/default.aspx|title=About - Board of Directors|access-date=3 September 2023|website=Strategic Education, Inc }}</ref> He is also the Chief Legal and Policy Officer of [[Fox Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viet D. Dinh - Fox Corporation|url=https://www.foxcorporation.com/management/executive-team/viet-d-dinh/|last=Fox Corporation|website=www.foxcorporation.com|language=en|access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref>  where he leads all legal, government and regulatory and government affairs. He served as an [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General of the United States]] from 2001 to 2003, under the presidency of [[George W. Bush]]. Previously, Dinh was a partner at two leading law firms, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Bancroft PLLC, the latter of which he founded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Viet D Dinh|url=https://www.foxcorporation.com/management/executive-team/viet-d-dinh/|access-date=3 September 2023|work=Fox Corporation}}</ref>  Born in [[Saigon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/vietdinh.htm |author=United States Department of Justice|author-link=United States Department of Justice|access-date=2004-02-16|title=USDOJ: Assistant Attorney General Viet D. Dinh |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040216212445/http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/vietdinh.htm |archive-date = 2004-02-16}}</ref> in former [[South Vietnam]], he was a major contributor to the [[Patriot Act]] and is a former member of the Board of Directors of [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_208.html|title=News Corporation Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Businesses to Enhance Strategic Alignment and Increase Operational Flexibility - News Corp|publisher=Newscorp.com|access-date=2 January 2015|archive-date=17 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517113317/http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_208.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newscorp.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Directors - News Corp|publisher=Newscorp.com|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nakashima|first1=Ryan|title=Murdoch takes on shareholders at annual meeting|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/murdoch-takes-on-shareholders-at-annual-meeting/|access-date=July 2, 2017|work=Seattle Times|agency=Associated Press|date=October 21, 2011|quote=board director Viet Dinh}}</ref>