White, Mary Jo, 1947-

LC control no.	nr2004017485
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Personal name heading	White, Mary Jo, 1947- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	N.Y.
Birth date	19471227
Place of birth	Kansas City, Mo.
Affiliation	College of William and Mary New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) Columbia University. School of Law United States. Attorney (New York : Eastern District) United States. District Attorney (New York : Southern District) Debevoise & Plimpton United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
Profession or occupation	Lawyers
Found in	The first Monday in November, 2003: credit frame (Mary Jo White) guide p. 1 (chair, litigation group, Debevoise & Plimpton) Martindale.com lawyer locator, June 8, 2004 (b. Dec. 27, 1947) Nominations of Mary Richard Cordray and Mary Jo White, hearing ... 2013 title page (Mary Jo White, of New York, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission) page 52 (Mary Jo White; date of birth: December 27, 1947; place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri; education: College of William & Mary, 9/66-1/70, B.A.; New School for Social Research, 9/70-6/71, M.A.; Columbia University School of Law, 9/71-6/74, J.D.) SEC website, Aug. 14, 2013 SEC biography page (Mary Jo White was sworn in as the 31st Chair of the SEC on April 10, 2013. She was nominated to be SEC Chair by President Barack Obama on Feb. 7, 2013, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 8, 2013. Chair White arrived at the SEC with decades of experience as a federal prosecutor and securities lawyer. As the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1993 to 2002, she specialized in prosecuting complex securities and financial institution frauds and international terrorism cases. Prior to becoming the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Chair White served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney and later Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1990 to 1993. She previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1978 to 1981 and became Chief Appellate Attorney of the Criminal Division. After leaving her U.S. Attorney post, Chair White became chair of the litigation department at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, where she led a team of more than 200 lawyers. Chair White previously was a litigation partner at the firm from 1983 to 1990 and worked as an associate from 1976 to 1978)