Michael B. Stuart

Michael B. Stuart
Official portrait, 2025
General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Assumed office
October 10, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded bySamuel Bagenstos
Member of the West Virginia Senate
from the 7th district
In office
December 1, 2022 – October 9, 2025
Preceded byRon Stollings
Succeeded byZack Maynard
United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia
In office
January 9, 2018 – February 28, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byBooth Goodwin
Succeeded byWilliam S. Thompson
Chair of the West Virginia Republican Party
In office
July 24, 2010 – May 12, 2012
Preceded byDoug McKinney
Succeeded byConrad Lucas
Personal details
BornMichael Bryan Stuart
PartyRepublican
SpouseKatrina
Alma materWest Virginia University (BA)
Boston University (JD)

Michael Bryan Stuart is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the West Virginia Senate from 2022 to 2025 for the 7th district. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2018 to 2021.

In February 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Stuart to serve as general counsel for the United States Department of Health and Human Services. He was confirmed and took office in October 2025.