Michael Mukasey
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"Michael Bernard Mukasey"

is a lawyer and former judge who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States. Mukasey, an American lawyer, was appointed following the resignation of Alberto Gonzales. Mukasey also served for 18 years as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, six of those years as Chief Judge. He is the recipient of several awards, most notably the Learned Hand Medal of the Federal Bar Council.

Mukasey was the second Judaism/Jewish U.S. Attorney General.

The first Jewish Attorney General was Edward H. Levi. Judah Benjamin served as Attorney General of the Confederate States of America.

Mukasey is a partner at the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton.

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She was a giant figure. She could control a courtroom with a look. She never had to raise her voice.

She's going to be missed, ... She is a person of a kind and stature the likes of which they're not making anymore.