Loretta E. Lynch

Loretta E. Lynch
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
2010
Appointed by Barack Obama
Preceded by Roslynn R. Mauskopf
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
In office
June 1999 – May 2001
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Zachary W. Carter
Succeeded by Roslynn R. Mauskopf
Personal details
Born 1959
Greensboro, North Carolina
Alma mater Harvard College (A.B.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Loretta E. Lynch is the current United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She has held this position since 2010. She previously held this position from 1999-2001. During her first term as US Attorney Lynch oversaw prosecution of the New York police officers in the Abner Louima case.

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Early life and education

Lynch was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1959.[1] She received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College in 1981 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984.[2]

Career

Lynch first joined the Eastern District as a staff attorney in 1990. She was the lead prosecutor in the political corruption cases involving the government of Brookhaven, New York.

Lynch served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from June 1999 to May 2001.[1]

On January 20, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Lynch to again serve as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Woodrow, Stephanie (February 12, 2010). "Meet Loretta E. Lynch". Main Justice. http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/02/12/meet-loretta-e-lynch/. Retrieved March 13, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (January 20, 2010). "President Obama Nominates Five to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". whitehouse.gov. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-five-serve-us-attorneys. Retrieved March 13, 2011. 
  3. ^ Sulzberger, A.G. (January 20, 2010). "Obama Picks Loretta E. Lynch for Brooklyn U.S. Attorney". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/nyregion/21prosecutor.html. Retrieved March 13, 2011. 

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