Ernie Preate

Ernie Preate
41st Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 18, 1989[1] – June 18, 1995[2]
Preceded by LeRoy S. Zimmerman
Succeeded by Tom Corbett
Personal details
Born November 22, 1940 (1940-11-22) (age 71)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican
Profession lawyer

Ernest D. Preate, Jr. (born November 22, 1940)[3] is a former Pennsylvania Attorney General. His term ended prematurely when he was indicted on federal charges for mail fraud, for which he served a sixteen-month prison sentence in Duluth, Minnesota.[4]

Prior to serving as Attorney General, Preate was district attorney of Lackawanna County.

References

  1. ^ "Casey welcomes Knoll, Hafer, Preate to Office". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 18, 1989. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZAQOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3282,3980372&dq=ernie+preate+attorney+general&hl=en. Retrieved November 21, 2011. 
  2. ^ "An Uncharacteristic End for Preate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 18, 1995. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32C0F32A3F985&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. 
  3. ^ "Ernest D. Preate, Jr.". Law Offices of Ernest D. Preate, Jr.. http://www.preate.com/Firm%20Info/Lawyers/1816773.aspx. Retrieved November 26, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania's No. 3 Official Agrees to Plea On Mail Fraud". The New York Times. June 10, 1995. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/10/us/pennsylvania-s-no-3-official-agrees-to-plea-on-mail-fraud.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved November 26, 2011. 
Legal offices
Preceded by
LeRoy S. Zimmerman		 Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1989–1995		 Succeeded by
Tom Corbett
Party political offices
Preceded by
LeRoy S. Zimmerman		 Republican nominee for Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1988 (won), 1992 (won)		 Succeeded by
Mike Fisher