In 1999, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. During her term as U.S. Attorney, Lynch oversaw prosecution of New York City police officers in the Abner Louima case. In 2001, Lynch left the U.S. Attorney's office to become a partner at Hogan & Hartson (later Hogan Lovells).
On April 23, 2015, Lynch was confirmed by the Senate by a 56–43 vote, making her the second African-American, the second woman and the first African-American woman to be confirmed for the position.
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She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, and was a charter member of the Xi Tau chapter of the sorority while at Harvard. In 2017, Lynch was awarded an honorary degree from Duke University. Lynch's first job in the legal field was working as a litigation associate for Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York City.
She rose through the ranks of that office, serving as deputy chief of general crimes (1992–93), chief of the Long Island division (1994–98), and chief assistant to the U.S. attorney (1998–99) before being named U.S. attorney in 1999 by Pres. Bill Clinton.
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In her final weeks in office as U.S. attorney general, Loretta Lynch is still determined to seek justice for Americans. Sheannounced in a video statement on Friday that she is directing the Department of Justice to investigate if the recent rise in hate crimes is related to the 2016 presidential election.
Lynch was confirmed as the U.S. attorney general by a vote of 56-43 on April 23, 2015. She was the first black woman to serve as the U.S. attorney general.
In her first major act as U.S. attorney general, Lynch announced that the Department of Justice would investigate the Baltimore Police Department for civil rights violations. Lynch said, "This investigation will begin immediately and will focus on allegations that Baltimore Police Department officers used excessive force, including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches, seizures and arrests, and engage in discriminatory policing. ... Despite the progress being made, it was clear that recent events, including the tragic in-custody death of Mr. Freddie Gray, have given rise to a serious erosion of public trust. ... Rather than examining whether the police department violated good policies, we will now examine whether they violated the Constitution and the community’s civil rights."
Lynch, the daughter of a Baptist minister and a librarian, was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her grandfather was a sharecropper who helped blacks being persecuted by Jim Crow laws of the South escape to the northern states. Her father was also involved in the civil rights movement, serving as inspiration for Lynch to enter the field of law.
Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was the United States attorney general under the Obama administration. Lynch was sworn into office by former Vice President Joe Biden on April 27, 2015. She was the 83rd person to serve in the office. former President Barack Obama submitted her nomination on November 8, 2014, and the Senate confirmed Lynch by a vote of 56-43 on April 23, 2015. She was the first black woman to serve as the United States attorney general.
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