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'''Harmeet Kaur Dhillon''' (born 1968) is an American lawyer and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] official serving as the [[U.S. assistant attorney general]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division|Civil Rights Division]] since 2025. She is the former vice chair of the [[California Republican Party]] and a former [[Republican National Committee | Republican National Committeewoman]] for [[California]].[{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-republicans-harmeet-dhillon-20160719-snap-story.html |accessdate=August 1, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=California lawyer delivers Sikh prayer at GOP convention |first=Seema |last=Mehta |date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718215654/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-republicans-harmeet-dhillon-20160719-snap-story.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |url=https://gop.com/leaders/national-committeewoman-harmeet-dhillon-ca |title=National Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon |website=GOP |access-date=November 12, 2017}}] |
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'''Harmeet Kaur Dhillon''' (born 1969) is an American lawyer and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] official serving as the [[U.S. assistant attorney general]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division|Civil Rights Division]] since 2025. She is the former vice chair of the [[California Republican Party]] and a former [[Republican National Committee | Republican National Committeewoman]] for [[California]].[{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-republicans-harmeet-dhillon-20160719-snap-story.html |accessdate=August 1, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=California lawyer delivers Sikh prayer at GOP convention |first=Seema |last=Mehta |date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718215654/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-republicans-harmeet-dhillon-20160719-snap-story.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |url=https://gop.com/leaders/national-committeewoman-harmeet-dhillon-ca |title=National Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon |website=GOP |access-date=November 12, 2017}}] |
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She is the founder of a law practice called Dhillon Law Group Inc.[{{cite web |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Hermeet Dhillon |url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/the-19th-amendment-then-and-now--lessons-for-the-21st-century/hermeet-dhillon/ |access-date=September 30, 2025 |publisher=American Bar Association}}] In 2018, she helped launch the [[501(c)(3)]] conservative nonprofit Center for American Liberty, which does legal work related to civil liberties.[{{cite news |last1=Ronayne |first1=Kathleen |date=May 29, 2020 |title=GOP lawyer fights California governor on stay-at-home orders |url=https://apnews.com/02fe060b13bacd24acf6e3fefc73b5f5 |accessdate=July 7, 2020 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}] During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], Dhillon filed numerous unsuccessful lawsuits to halt the implementation of [[Stay-at-home order|stay-at-home-orders]] and other restrictions. She criticized [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face masks]] requirements, called for the re-opening of the economy, and opposed [[Postal voting in the United States|mail in voting]].[{{cite web |last1=Marinucci |first1=Carla |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Conservatives turn to San Francisco lawyer to fight coronavirus orders |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/29/harmeet-dhillon-california-coronavirus-290060 |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |work=[[Politico]]}}][{{Cite web |date=19 June 2020 |title=Reactions to Gov. Newsom's Statewide Mask Mandate |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/reactions-to-gov-newsoms-statewide-mask-mandate/2312143/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718220818/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/reactions-to-gov-newsoms-statewide-mask-mandate/2312143/ |archive-date=18 July 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |website=NBC Bay Area}}] |
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She is the founder of a law practice called Dhillon Law Group Inc.[{{cite web |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Hermeet Dhillon |url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/the-19th-amendment-then-and-now--lessons-for-the-21st-century/hermeet-dhillon/ |access-date=September 30, 2025 |publisher=American Bar Association}}] In 2018, she helped launch the [[501(c)(3)]] conservative nonprofit Center for American Liberty, which does legal work related to civil liberties.[{{cite news |last1=Ronayne |first1=Kathleen |date=May 29, 2020 |title=GOP lawyer fights California governor on stay-at-home orders |url=https://apnews.com/02fe060b13bacd24acf6e3fefc73b5f5 |accessdate=July 7, 2020 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}] During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], Dhillon filed numerous unsuccessful lawsuits to halt the implementation of [[Stay-at-home order|stay-at-home-orders]] and other restrictions. She criticized [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face masks]] requirements, called for the re-opening of the economy, and opposed [[Postal voting in the United States|mail in voting]].[{{cite web |last1=Marinucci |first1=Carla |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Conservatives turn to San Francisco lawyer to fight coronavirus orders |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/29/harmeet-dhillon-california-coronavirus-290060 |accessdate=May 30, 2020 |work=[[Politico]]}}][{{Cite web |date=19 June 2020 |title=Reactions to Gov. Newsom's Statewide Mask Mandate |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/reactions-to-gov-newsoms-statewide-mask-mandate/2312143/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718220818/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/reactions-to-gov-newsoms-statewide-mask-mandate/2312143/ |archive-date=18 July 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |website=NBC Bay Area}}] |
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