Loretta E. Lynch

Barack ObamaWhite House

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 21, 1959;
Greensboro, North Carolina

EDUCATION:
Harvard College (A.B., 1981)
Harvard Law School (J.D., 1984)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1998-1999:

Chief Assistant U. S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
1999-2001:
U. S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York 
2001-2010
Partner, Hogan & Hartson 
2003-2005:
Member of the Board, Federal Reserve Bank of NY 
2010-2015
U. S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
2015-2017:
U.S. Attorney General  

PORTRAIT:

Loretta Lynch 1.18.16
Department of Justice Photo

RESOURCES:

President Barack Obama meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Oval Office, April 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Department of Justice
Miller Center
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Loretta E. Lynch speaks after President Barack Obama announced that she is his nominee to succeed Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., left, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Nomination, 11/7/2014 (NYT, WP, WSJ)
Profile (WSJ, 11/7/2014)
Profiles, 1/26/2015 (WPNYT)
Profile (Harvard Law Bulletin, 4/23/2015)
Profile (Vogue, 8/20/2015)