Aug 24, 2017 · Upon graduating in 1976, he moved to Washington and joined the Department of Justice as part of the Attorney General's Honors Program. He was assigned to the newly formed Public Integrity Section and was tasked with investigating and prosecuting official corruption at the local, state and federal levels.
Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General....Eric HolderJudge of the Superior Court of the District of ColumbiaIn office 1988–1993Nominated byRonald ReaganPreceded byVirginia Riley31 more rows
He is a partner at Covington & Burling, a law firm in Washington that specializes in representing states and companies against the federal government.Jan 4, 2017
Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as Attorney General and Benjamin H. Bristow as America's first solicitor general the same week that Congress created the Department of Justice. The Department's immediate function was to preserve civil rights.
Eric Holder is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd attorney general of the United States (2009–2015). He thus became the first African–American to hold the post and the third-longest-serving attorney general in the U.S. Holder's 6-year tenure witnessed him presiding over several civil and criminal cases.
Eric Holder, in full Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., (born January 21, 1951, New York, New York, U.S.), American lawyer who was the first African American to serve as U.S. attorney general (2009–15).Jan 17, 2022
William HolderEric H. Holder, Jr. / Brother
Eric Himpton Holder, SrMiriam HolderEric H. Holder, Jr./Parents
The first Attorney General of India was M. C. Setalvad and the present Attorney General of India is K. K. Venugopal.
Jeff SessionsPersonal detailsBornJefferson Beauregard Sessions III December 24, 1946 Selma, Alabama, U.S.Political partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Mary Blackshear ( m. 1969)33 more rows
Eric Himpton Holder, SrEric H. Holder, Jr. / Father
AmericanSharon Malone / Nationality
President Bill Clinton nominated Reno on February 11, 1993, and the Senate confirmed her the following month. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history, after William Wirt. Reno was born and raised in Miami, Florida.