Barbara D. Underwood

Barbara D. Underwood (born August 16, 1944 in Evansville , Indiana ) is an American lawyer and former United States Solicitor General .

biography

After attending school, she studied at Radcliffe College , Cambridge , graduating in 1966. A subsequent post-graduate studies of law at the Law Center of Georgetown University , she finished in 1969. Once admitted as a lawyer in New York , she was initially Recording Secretary ( Clerk ) by David L. Bazelon , a judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia , and then by Thurgood Marshall , a former Solicitor General and longtime Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court . Later, she accepted an appointment as Professor of Law at the Law School of Yale University on.

In 1982 she became advisor to the federal prosecutor responsible for East New York ( Eastern District of New York ) and held this office until 1989. She later served as Assistant US Attorney for that district from 1993 to 1998 .

She was then Principal Deputy Solicitor General from 1998 to 2001 . As such, she was appointed Acting US Solicitor General in January 2001 by President George W. Bush . She held this third highest position in the Justice Department until June 2001. After she was again advisor to the federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York from 2003 to 2007, she has been Solicitor General of New York State since 2007. After the resignation of Attorney General New York Eric Schneiderman in May 2018, she temporarily took over his office in accordance with the statutory provisions. In June 2018, as Attorney General of New York State, she sued US President Trump , his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and his daughter Ivanka for allegedly illegal use of funds from his family foundation. Apart from the four Trumps, the foundation has no other employees.

Web links

• Barbara D. Underwood in the nndb (English)

Footnotes

1. ^ Andrew Cohen: What Eric Schneiderman's Resignation Means for Trump and Cohen. In: rollingstone.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018 . 
2. ^ New York sues Trump and his charity over 'self-dealing'. In: reuters.com. June 15, 2018, accessed June 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ New York Justice Sues Donald Trump. In: FAZ.net . Retrieved June 15, 2018 .