Last updated on:
9/5/2012 |
Author: ProCon.org
Michael Chertoff, JD Biography
- Title:
- Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of May 17, 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security, 2005-Present
- Henry Petersen Award, Department of Justice, 2006
- Judge, US Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003-2005
- Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice, 2001-2005
- Partner, Latham & Watkins, 1994-2001
- Special Counsel, US Senate Whitewater Committee, 1994-1996
- Distinguished Public Service Award, Anti-Defamation League, 1992
- US Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1990-1994
- Assistant US Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987-1990
- John Marshall Award for Outstanding Achievement in Trial, Department of Justice, 1987
- Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1983-1987
- Associate, Latham & Watkins, 1980-1983
- Law Clerk, Justice William Brennan, Jr., US Supreme Court, 1979-1980
- Member, Federalist Society
- Education:
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- JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1978
- BA, magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1975
- Other:
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- None found
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