Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is an American lawyer who served as the 83rd attorney general of the United States from 2015 to 2017. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Holder and previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama (2010–2015).
Aug 24, 2017 · Attorney General: Loretta E. Lynch. Loretta E. Lynch was born on May 21, 1959, in Greensboro, North Carolina. She received her A.B., cum laude, from Harvard College in 1981, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984. In 1990, after a period in private practice, Ms. Lynch joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District ...
May 28, 2019 · By contrast, her immediate predecessor as attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., recently blasted Attorney General William Barr as being “not fit” to lead the Justice Department.
Oct 17, 2017 · The United States has a new Attorney General, and her name is Loretta Lynch. No, not Loretta Lynn -- and not that Loretta Lynch, either.. Since Loretta Lynch's nomination and subsequent appointment to the office of Attorney General, it seems confusion has reigned. First of all, massive amounts of the general public seem to think (or have initially thought) Loretta …
N ew York U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as the next Attorney General, the first African-American woman to hold the position.. …
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Eric HolderOfficial portrait, 200982nd United States Attorney GeneralIn office February 3, 2009 – April 27, 2015PresidentBarack Obama31 more rows
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Meet the Attorney General Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was sworn in as the 86th Attorney General of the United States on March 11, 2021.2 days ago
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Jeff SessionsOfficial portrait, 201784th United States Attorney GeneralIn office February 9, 2017 – November 7, 2018PresidentDonald Trump33 more rows
Since 1959, there have been 34 states which have appointed or elected women as attorneys-general.
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On March 12, 1993, Ms. Reno became the first woman and 78th attorney general. She went on to become the longest serving attorney general in the 20th century.Mar 16, 2021
In May 2019, Lynch returned to the private sector and moved to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She became the partner of Paul Weiss in the firm's litigation department, where she represents individuals, companies, and corporate boards of directors in high-stakes cases, regulatory matters, and investigations.
Jeff SessionsOfficial portrait, 201784th United States Attorney GeneralIn office February 9, 2017 – November 7, 2018PresidentDonald Trump33 more rows
Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General. ... Holder was succeeded as Attorney General by Loretta Lynch in April 2015.
Sharon MaloneEric H. Holder, Jr. / Wife (m. 1990)
The current Attorney General is Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo in 2021.
William BarrPresidentGeorge H. W. BushPreceded byDonald B. AyerSucceeded byGeorge J. Terwilliger IIIUnited States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel30 more rows
California Former Attorneys GeneralMatthew Rodriguez2021 – 2021Kamala D. Harris2010 – 2017Edmund G. Brown, Jr.2007 – 2011Bill Lockyer1999 – 2007Daniel E. Lungren1991 – 199929 more rows
United States Attorney Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee to become the 83rd Attorney General of the United States, is about to learn that the process of Senate confirmation has little to do with competency and character and everything to do with politics. To be sure, there appears to be nothing, either [...]
The first African-American woman in U.S. history to be sworn in as Attorney General, Lynch served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1999 to 2001 under President Clinton, and she returned in 2010 under appointment from President Obama.
As much as we collectively extol Kamala Harris’ historic inauguration, we should also recognize that seeing a Black woman ascend to the highest levels of leadership shouldn’t feel like a miracle....but it does. Oct 23, 2020.
Blatter's resignation comes just six days after U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch stood in Brooklyn, N.Y., to announce the indictment of nine FIFA officials, accusing them of engaging in a corruption scheme that included $150 million of bribes and kickbacks.
After former President Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a secret meeting, Lynch's Justice Department announced that it would not indict Hillary Clinton for her private email server and destruction of public documents, because she had no obvious intent to break the law, just extreme carelessness for it.