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MICHAEL CHERTOFF RESUME

by Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice

Birth: November 28, 1953 Elizabeth, New Jersey
 
Legal Residence:   New Jersey
 
Education: 1971 - 1975 Harvard University
    A.B. degree magna cum laude
 
  1975 - 1978 Harvard Law School
    J.D. degree magna cum laude
 
Bar Admittance: 1980 District of Columbia
  1987 New York
  1990 New Jersey
 
Experience: 1978 Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin
    Summer Associate
 
  1978 - 1979 Law Clerk to the Hon. Murray Gurfein
    United States Court of Appeals
    Second Circuit
 
  1979 - 1980 Law Clerk to the Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr.
    Supreme Court of the United States
 
  1980 - 1983 Latham & Watkins
    Associate
 
  1983 - 1987 United States Attorney’s Office
    Southern District of New York
    Assistant United States Attorney
 
  1987 - 1994 United States Attorney’s Office
    District of New Jersey
    First Assistant United States Attorney, 1987-1990
    United States Attorney, 1990-1994
 
  1994 - 1996 United States Senate
    Special Counsel for Whitewater Committee
 
  1994 - 2001 Latham & Watkins
    Partner
 
  2001 - present United States Department of Justice
    Assistant Attorney General
    Criminal Division

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