https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Yates *Sally Quillian Yates* (born *Sally Caroline Quillian*; August 20, 1960[1] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Yates#cite_note-1>) is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015, she was United States Attorney <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney> for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015, she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General> by President Barack Obama <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>. Following the inauguration <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump> of President Donald Trump <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump> and the departure of Attorney General <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General> Loretta Lynch <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Lynch> on January 20, 2017, Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.