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Michael B. Mukasey
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1987
Michael B. Mukasey , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Michael Bernard Mukasey (; born July 28, 1941) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st United States attorney general from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006. Mukasey graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School.
Education
- Columbia UniversityA.B., 1963
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1967
Career
Private practice, New York City, 1967-1972, 1976-1987; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1972-1976; chief, Official Corruption Unit, 1975-1976; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2005-2006; Attorney General of the United States, 2007-2009
Biography
Michael Bernard Mukasey (; born July 28, 1941) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st United States attorney general from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006. Mukasey graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School.
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