Bill McGinley

Bill McGinley
White House Cabinet Secretary
In office
January 20, 2017  July 19, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBroderick D. Johnson
Succeeded byMatthew Flynn (Acting)
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
California State University,
Long Beach
(MA)
George Washington University
(JD)

William McGinley is the former White House Cabinet secretary in the first administration of U.S. president Donald Trump. He is an American lawyer and a former partner at the law firm Jones Day where he represented federal office holders, candidates, and national organizations on campaign finance, ethics, and other political law matters. On December 4, 2024, Trump announced that McGinley would serve as counsel to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in his second administration.