Alejandro N. Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is a Cuban-American lawyer who served as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016.[4] He is a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr ("WilmerHale"), joining the firm on November 1, 2016. Mayorkas practices in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, internal investigations, cybersecurity, crisis management and strategic counseling.[5] In 2008, The National Law Journal named Mayorkas one of the "50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America."[6] In 2019, Latino Leaders Magazine named him one of the 101 most influential leaders in the nation's Latino community.[7]