Dec 26, 2018 · Barbara Underwood was never supposed to be New York’s attorney general. Having served as the first female solicitor general of the United States, during the Clinton administration, Underwood is no stranger to making history. But for most of her career, from when she clerked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to her service as solicitor general …
May 22, 2018 – The New York Legislature voted on Tuesday to confirm Barbara D. Underwood as the state attorney general, officially making her the first woman to hold the post and filling the sudden vacancy left by Eric T. Schneiderman’s resignation after he was accused of violence against several romantic partners. Ms. Underwood, 73,...
May 23, 2018 · Barbara Underwood Is Named New York Attorney General She is the first woman to hold the position and will serve as the state’s top prosecutor through the end of the year Barbara Underwood, left,...
May 22, 2018 · May 22, 2018 ALBANY — The New York Legislature voted on Tuesday to confirm Barbara D. Underwood as the state attorney general, officially making her the first woman to hold the post and filling the...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (L) and now former-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
This morning, I’m grateful to work with the best colleagues in the business – including Barbara Underwood, who will be acting NY AG. She’s argued 20 cases before SCOTUS, clerked for Thurgood Marshall, & much more. The work continues.
Undergood, who at the time was an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law and counsel to then-District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn, married Martin Halpern, a playwright, poet and professor of theater arts at Brandeis University.