Bio Information on Michael Mukasey

AP

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 | 8:29 a.m.

NAME - Michael B. Mukasey.

AGE - 66; born July 28, 1941, in New York City.

EDUCATION - LL.B., 1967, Yale Law School; A.B., 1963, Columbia College, Columbia University.

EXPERIENCE - Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler law firm, 2006-present; judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (including six years as chief judge), 1988-2006; attorney, Patterson Belknap (eventually becoming partner), 1976-88; assistant U.S. attorney in the criminal division of the Southern District, 1972-76.

PERSONAL - Wife, Susan; two children, Marc and Jessica.

QUOTE - "I would leave office sooner than participate in a violation of law" - Mukasey in written responses to the Senate Judiciary Committee released on Oct. 30, 2007.

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