Michael Mukasey

Michael Mukasey (born July 28, 1941, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American lawyer and judge who served as attorney general of the United States (2007–09). Mukasey attended Columbia University (B.A., 1963) and Yale Law School (J.D., 1967). After working in private practice from 1967 to 1972, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in New York City. Returning to private practice in 1976, he joined the firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler,...