Michael J. Garcia

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Michael J. Garcia

Michael J. Garcia (born October 8, 1961 in New York City ) is an American lawyer . He was a federal attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2005 to 2008 . He has been a judge on the New York State Court of Appeals since 2016 .

Career

After graduating from Albany Law School in 1989, Garcia quickly made a career. From 1992 to 2001 he worked as a prosecutor with the federal prosecutor of the Southern District of New York , Mary Jo White . Within the new administration of George W. Bush , he was head of the export promotion department in the Department of Commerce between August 2001 and November 2002. He then rose to head the police and customs department of the Ministry of Internal Security : After the ministry was founded as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , Garcia took over as commissioner in December 2002, initially managing and subsequently handling the Immigration and Naturalization Service , the in February 2003 in the Ministry of Homeland Security. From March 2003 to September 2005 he was head of the newly formed United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement . From 2005 to 2008 he was a federal attorney for the Southern District of New York. During this time he was responsible for the investigation into the Democratic governor of New York , Eliot Spitzer , who had to resign because of a sex affair.

Garcia then moved to the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a partner . As of 2012, on behalf of FIFA, as chairman of the investigative chamber of the ethics committee, he investigated allegations of corruption in connection with the award of the 2018 and 2022 soccer world championships in Russia and Qatar. On September 5, 2014, he sent his final report, the Garcia Report , to FIFA. He criticized FIFA's decision not to publish the report and resigned from his post in December 2014. His successor was the Swiss Cornel Borbély .

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Garcia a judge on the state appeals court in January 2016. The New York Senate confirmed this in February.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nomination of Michael J. Garcia to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate. July 8, 2003, p. 9ff. (for biographical information) , accessed on November 14, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Michael J. Garcia, candidate for appointment as Chairman of the Investigative Chamber of the Ethics Committee until the 63rd FIFA Congress 2013. 2013, accessed on November 14, 2014 .
  3. ^ Scott Horton: The Man Who Brought Down Sharpener. In: The Daily Beast . December 9, 2008, accessed November 15, 2014 .
  4. ↑ AP: Michael Garcia sends World Cup report to FIFA. In: USA TODAY. September 5, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017 .
  5. ^ Owen Gibson: Fifa prosecutor Michael Garcia calls for World Cup report to be made public. In: The Guardian online. September 24, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Dispute with the world association: Fifa investigator Garcia resigns . In: Spiegel Online . December 17, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Garcia, Michael J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City