Jef McAllister

Who is Jef McAllister?

J.F.O. 'Jef' McAllister is an American journalist, author and lawyer. Formerly the London Bureau Chief of TIME Magazine, he is currently the Managing Partner of McAllister Olivarius, an international law firm headquartered in London. He is married to Ann Olivarius.

McAllister graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale College in 1977 with a concentration in American diplomatic history. He then attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, earning a D.Phil. in Modern History. While there he co-wrote The Right Hand of Power, the memoirs of U. Alexis Johnson. McAllister then returned to law school at Yale, before becoming a career journalist.

Between 1995 and 1997, McAllister was TIME's White House Correspondent, covering foreign and domestic policies and the internal politics of the Clinton Administration. In his previous assignment as Diplomatic Correspondent, McAllister accompanied Secretaries of State James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger and Warren Christopher on their foreign travels, and contributed to or wrote more than 40 cover stories on diplomacy.