Alberto Gonzales, JD Biography
- Title:
- Former US Attorney General
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Aug. 2006
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Member, American Law Institute, 1999-present
- United States Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 2005-2007
- Inducted, Hispanic Scholarship Fund Alumni Hall of Fame
- Counsel to President George W. Bush, 2001-2005
- Distinguished Alumnus of Rice University, Association of Rice Alumni and honored by the Harvard Law School Association with the Harvard Law School Association Award, 2002
- Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1999-2001
- Texas Secretary of State, 1997-1999
- Board of Trustees, Texas Bar Foundation, 1996-1999
- Recipient, Latino Lawyer of the Year, Hispanic National Bar Association, 1999
- General Counsel, Governor George W. Bush, Texas, 1995-1997
- Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP and Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center, 1982-1995
- Chair, Commission for District Decentralization, Houston Independent School District, 1994
- Board of Directors, United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, 1993-1994
- Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1992
- Special Legal Counsel, Houston Host Committee, Summit of Industrialized Nations
- United States Air Force, 1975-1977
- Education:
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- JD, Harvard Law School, 1982
- BA, Political Science, Rice University, 1979
- United States Air Force Academy, 1975-1977
- Other:
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- Resigned as Attorney General August 27, 2007