Alberto Gonzales, JD - ACLU

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Alberto Gonzales, JD Biography

Title:

Former US Attorney General

Position:

None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of Aug. 2006

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:

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:

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:

JD, Harvard Law School, 1982
BA, Political Science, Rice University, 1979
United States Air Force Academy, 1975-1977

Other:

Resigned as Attorney General August 27, 2007