J. Michael Dorsey

J. Michael Dorsey
Acting United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office
January 20, 1989  February 13, 1989
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded bySamuel Pierce
Succeeded byJack Kemp
General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
In office
March 12, 1987  February 13, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byJohn J. Knapp
Succeeded byFrank Keating
Assistant Secretary of Public and Indian Housing
In office
August 2, 1986  July 13, 1990
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byWarren T. Lindquist
Succeeded byJoseph G. Schiff
Personal details
Born (1943-02-06) February 6, 1943
Kansas City, Missouri
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceBoulder, Colorado
Alma materStanford University
University of Missouri

J. Michael Dorsey (born February 6, 1943) is a retired American attorney and administrator. He served as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 1987–1989, Administrative Counsel of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives (CAO) from 1995–2003, and Chief of Administrative Services of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2003–2004. He was briefly Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1989 during the transition from the Reagan to the Bush administrations.