Michael Mukasey Politician

Michael Bernard Mukasey(/mjuːˈkeɪzi/;born July 28, 1941)is a lawyer and former judge who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States. Mukasey, an American lawyer, was appointed following the resignation of Alberto Gonzales. Mukasey also served for 18 years as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, six of those years as Chief Judge. He is the recipient of several awards, most notably the Learned Hand Medal of the Federal Bar Council. Mukasey was the second Jewish U.S. Attorney General. Mukasey is a partner at the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton.

Personal facts

Michael Mukasey
Birth dateJuly 28, 1941
Birth place
The Bronx , New York
Religion
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Education
Columbia College Columbia University
Yale Law School

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Office holder

office
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
81st United States Attorney General
party
Republican Party (United States)
president
successor
Richard J. Sullivan
Kimba Wood

Michael Mukasey on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200710/Mukasey_questionnaire.pdf
  2. http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2009/11/former-attorney-general-in-paris-for.html
  3. http://www.debevoise.com/attorneys/detail.aspx?id=9cbb337b-188c-4113-8397-510b95f750ad&type=showfullbio