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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 Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001), George W. Bush (2001) and Obama (2010–2015).
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters.
On March 18, 2013, President Obama nominated assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez for labor secretary. [148] Republicans opposed the nomination because they saw him as a "committed ideologue". On May 16, 2013, Perez's nomination was endorsed by the committee along party lines. The vote sent the nomination to the Senate floor. [149] [150]
Merrick Garland. Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the 86th United States attorney general. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S ...
Alberto Gonzales. Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General from 2005 to 2007 and is the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date. [1] He previously served as Secretary of State of Texas, as a Texas Supreme Court Justice, and as White House ...
Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates. President Barack Obama made two successful appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. The first was Judge Sonia Sotomayor [1] to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice David H. Souter. [2] Sotomayor was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6, 2009, by a vote of 68–31.
Education. Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (JD) Signature. Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States Attorney General. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party, held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest ...
William Barr. William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States attorney general in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020. Born and raised in New York City, Barr was educated at the Horace Mann ...