Mukasey, Michael Bernard, 1941-

LC control no.	no2008155170
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mukasey, Michael Bernard, 1941- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mukasey, Michael B., 1941-
Birth date	1941-07-28
Place of birth	Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Affiliation	United States. District Attorney (New York : Southern District) United States. District Court (New York : Southern District) United States. Attorney-General Debevoise & Plimpton Shūrā-yi Millī-i Muqāvamat-i Īrān
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Judges
Found in	U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on the Judiciary. Confirmation hearing on the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States, hearings ... 2008: t.p. (Michael B. Mukasey) p. 12 (Michael Bernard Mukasey; b. 1941, the Bronx, New York) Wikipedia, November 30, 2022 (Michael Mukasey; Michael Bernard Mukasey; born July 28, 1941 in New York City; American attorney and former federal judge who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States from 2007 to 2009; Mukasey attended Ramaz School, graduated from Columbia College with a degree in history and received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School; he worked in private practice for two decades and spent four years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; in 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Mukasey to serve as a District Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; he took the bench in 1988, became the Chief Judge in 2000 and served until his retirement in 2006; Mukasey was nominated to be Attorney General by President George W. Bush; Mukasey left office after Bush's term as President ended; he is currently counsel at the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton; Mukasey, pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), is registered as working on behalf of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)