John Doar

Who is John Doar?

John Michael Doar is an American lawyer and currently senior counsel with the law firm Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack in New York. He had a notable role as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights from 1960 to 1967, during the civil rights years of the administrations of presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He led the government's response in events such as the admission and protection of James Meredith as the first black student to the University of Mississippi, as well as the evolving response to the civil rights movement promoting integration and voter registration in the South.

Doar is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of California-Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law. His son, Robert Doar is a former Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration.