Robert Charrow

Robert Charrow
General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
In office
January 2, 2018  January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byWilliam B. Schultz
Succeeded bySamuel Bagenstos
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
In office
1985–1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Personal details
Born (1944-10-21) October 21, 1944
St. Louis, Missouri
EducationHarvey Mudd College
Stanford Law School

Robert Phillip Charrow (born October 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and government official.

Currently a shareholder at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. He was confirmed on December 21, 2017. He previously worked for the law firm of Crowell & Moring. In the Ronald Reagan administration, Charrow served as Deputy and then Principal Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In those roles, he supervised the chief counsel for the Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Inspector General, the Food and Drug Administration, and the United States Public Health Service.