Debevoise & Plimpton

=<div>=September 29, 2016Lamar Smith <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161015033816/https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-probes-sec-s-investigation-exxon" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">expanded his probe of environmental groups and attorneys general </a>to include the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  Smith sent a<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161015033956/https://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/09-29-16%20CLS%20-%20Securities%20and%20Exchange%20Commission.pdf" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;"> letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White </a>requesting information the SEC’s investigation into Exxon, including all internal SEC communications regarding the <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2016/09/20/federal-sec-launches-investigation-exxonmobil-s-climate-change-accounting" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">SEC's decision to investigate the oil company</a>. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/lamar-smith#s16" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">[16]</a>,<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/lamar-smith#s17" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;"> [17]</a><blockquote style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1.5em 30px;"><ol><li>“The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (the Committee) is troubled by the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recently announced investigation of Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon)” the letter reads. “It appears from press accounts that the SEC's investigative actions, which date back to at least August of this year, are couched in concerns related to the science of climate change. […] the AG's efforts, characterized variously as a 'witch hunt' and 'fool's errand,' an 'abuse of powers,' 'pathetic,' a 'schtick,' 7 and an 'uphill battle,' have failed to uncover any indicia of wrongdoing by Exxon.This raises questions as to why the SEC would assume the mantle of the New York AG's fruitless investigation.”</li></ol></blockquote>An ExxonMobil company spokesperson, Alan Jefferson, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/sec-investigating-exxon-mobil-on-climate-change-accounting-practices-report.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">told CNBC</a>:<blockquote style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1.5em 30px;">“The SEC is the appropriate entity to examine issues related to impairment, reserves, and other communications important to investors.“We are fully complying with the SEC request for information and are confident our financial reporting meets all legal and accounting requirements.” <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/lamar-smith#s18" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">[18]</a></blockquote>
=https://theintercept.com/2017/02/17/a-corporate-defender-at-heart-former-sec-chair-mary-jo-white-returns-to-her-happy-place/
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.1em; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(17, 17, 17) 0px 4px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">MARY JO WHITE, whose tenure as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission under President Obama bitterly disappointed those who hoped she would aggressively enforce banking laws, is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/business/dealbook/mary-jo-white-debevoise-plimpton.html?r=0" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">rejoining the corporate defense team</a> at Debevoise & Plimpton, marking her sixth trip through the revolving door between various government jobs and the white-collar defense law firm she calls home.Debevoise represents numerous major financial institutions under federal investigation, and White will now help those corporate clients manage their legal exposure.White got the call to return to Debevoise on Inauguration Day, her last day at the SEC. As Debevoise presiding partner Michael Blair <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/mary-jo-white-to-rejoin-debevoise-plimpton-as-senior-chair-1487156400" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">told the Wall Street Journal</a>, “We had been waiting to make that phone call for several years.”This latest trip through the revolving door is particularly disturbing because White declared in <a href="http://wallstreetonparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Mary-Jo-Whites-Disclosures-to-Ethics-Office-February-5-2013.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">ethics disclosure forms</a> before becoming SEC chair that she was retiring from her partnership at Debevoise, receiving a lump sum retirement payment of over $2 million. Instead of staying retired, she immediately went back to Debevoise after her government service ended, pocketing the money.It is not, however, surprising.White auditioned for the job promising to police Wall Street aggressively, and be “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sec-nominee-mary-jo-white-to-take-hard-line-on-wall-street/2013/03/11/6a2faeea-8a86-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html?utm_term=.bdb96b8958cc" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">bold and unrelenting</a>.” But once installed, she spent her time at the SEC operating like she still worked for Debevoise. Her tenure was marked by persistent delays on finalizing rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, including those on corporate political spending and disclosure of the CEO pay ratio. One anti-corruption rule requiring oil and gas companies to disclose payments to foreign governments got finalized so late that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/02/14/trump-scraps-dodd-frank-rule-resource-extraction-disclosure/97912600/" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Republicans had the opportunity to scrap it</a> earlier this month with a special review procedure.Critics have charged that White continued the SEC’s tradition of light enforcement. James Kidney, a former SEC trial lawyer, attacked the agency in a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1105575-s-e-c-officials-retirement-speech.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">scathing retirement speech</a> in 2014, saying that it “polices the broken windows on the street level and rarely goes to the penthouse floors.”</div><div>
<div>Debevoise & Plimpton (Counsel for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_Tobacco_Research" title="Council for Tobacco Research" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Council for Tobacco Research</a>.): Counsel for the Council for Tobacco Research, represented tobacco companies in Florida Medicaid law suit in 1994.<h1 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Description</h1>Debevoise & Plimpton were Counsel for the Council for Tobacco Research. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Burl_Butler" title="Burl Butler" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Burl Butler</a> v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996) They are a law firm for tobacco companies in New York, NY in 1994 (DJ 7/8/94). They represented tobacco companies in the challenge to Florida Medicaid law in 1994 (7/8/94).This article may include <a href="http://tobaccodocuments.org/profiles/people/debevoise_plimpton.html" class="external text" title="http://tobaccodocuments.org/profiles/people/debevoise_plimpton.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" base64="base64" pd94bwwgdmvyc2lvbj0ims4wiiblbmnvzgluzz0ivvrgltgipz48c3znihhtbg5zpsjodhrwoi8vd3d3lnczlm9yzy8ymdawl3n2zyigd2lkdgg9ijewiibozwlnahq9ijewij48zyb0cmfuc2zvcm09inryyw5zbgf0zsgtodi2ljqyosatnjk4ljc5mskipjxyzwn0ihdpzhropsi1ljk4miigagvpz2h0psi1ljk4miiged0iodi2ljkyosiget0inzayljmwosigzmlsbd0ii2zmziigc3ryb2tlpsijmdzjii8="PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8" pgc="PGc" phbhdgggzd0ittgzms4xotqgnjk4ljc5mwg1ljiznhy1ljm5mwwtms41nzegms41ndutms4zms0xljmxltiunzi1idiunzi1ltiunjg5ltiunjg5idiuoda4ltiuoda4lteumzexlteumzexeiigzmlsbd0iiza2ziivpjxwyxroigq9ik04mzuundi0idy5os43otvsljaymia0ljg4ns0xljgxny0xljgxny0yljg4msayljg4ms0xljiyoc0xljiyocayljg4ms0yljg4ms0xljg1ms0xljg1mxoiigzpbgw9iinmzmyilz48l2c="PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c" pc9npjwvc3znpg="=" xmlns:data="data">information from Tobacco Documents Online</a>.</div><div>
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A retired partner of Debevoise & Plimpton,  ...</a></div></div></div></li><li class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 23px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bevis_Longstreth+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CCgQHzAB" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">---</a></li><li class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 23px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bevis_Longstreth+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CCgQHzAB" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"></a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bevis_Longstreth+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CCgQHzAB" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Bevis Longstreth "is chairman of the Board of Directors for the </a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fund_for_Independence_in_Journalism" title="Fund for Independence in Journalism" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Fund for Independence in Journalism</a>. A retired partner of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Debevoise%26_Plimpton" title="Debevoise & Plimpton" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Debevoise & Plimpton</a>, he is a member of the board of trustees of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_School_University" title="New School University" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">New School University</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=College_Retirement_Equities_Fund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="College Retirement Equities Fund (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">College Retirement Equities Fund</a>. He served as a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner</a>, a member of the Board of Governors of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Stock_Exchange&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Stock Exchange (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Stock Exchange</a> and adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Law." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/about/about.aspx?act=directors" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" base64="base64" pd94bwwgdmvyc2lvbj0ims4wiiblbmnvzgluzz0ivvrgltgipz48c3znihhtbg5zpsjodhrwoi8vd3d3lnczlm9yzy8ymdawl3n2zyigd2lkdgg9ijewiibozwlnahq9ijewij48zyb0cmfuc2zvcm09inryyw5zbgf0zsgtodi2ljqyosatnjk4ljc5mskipjxyzwn0ihdpzhropsi1ljk4miigagvpz2h0psi1ljk4miiged0iodi2ljkyosiget0inzayljmwosigzmlsbd0ii2zmziigc3ryb2tlpsijmdzjii8="PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgd2lkdGg9IjEwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwIj48ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtODI2LjQyOSAtNjk4Ljc5MSkiPjxyZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI1Ljk4MiIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1Ljk4MiIgeD0iODI2LjkyOSIgeT0iNzAyLjMwOSIgZmlsbD0iI2ZmZiIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjMDZjIi8" pgc="PGc" phbhdgggzd0ittgzms4xotqgnjk4ljc5mwg1ljiznhy1ljm5mwwtms41nzegms41ndutms4zms0xljmxltiunzi1idiunzi1ltiunjg5ltiunjg5idiuoda4ltiuoda4lteumzexlteumzexeiigzmlsbd0iiza2ziivpjxwyxroigq9ik04mzuundi0idy5os43otvsljaymia0ljg4ns0xljgxny0xljgxny0yljg4msayljg4ms0xljiyoc0xljiyocayljg4ms0yljg4ms0xljg1ms0xljg1mxoiigzpbgw9iinmzmyilz48l2c="PHBhdGggZD0iTTgzMS4xOTQgNjk4Ljc5MWg1LjIzNHY1LjM5MWwtMS41NzEgMS41NDUtMS4zMS0xLjMxLTIuNzI1IDIuNzI1LTIuNjg5LTIuNjg5IDIuODA4LTIuODA4LTEuMzExLTEuMzExeiIgZmlsbD0iIzA2ZiIvPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik04MzUuNDI0IDY5OS43OTVsLjAyMiA0Ljg4NS0xLjgxNy0xLjgxNy0yLjg4MSAyLjg4MS0xLjIyOC0xLjIyOCAyLjg4MS0yLjg4MS0xLjg1MS0xLjg1MXoiIGZpbGw9IiNmZmYiLz48L2c" pc9npjwvc3znpg="=" xmlns:data="data">[1]</a>"Bevis Longstreth, 69, is a retired partner of the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. Until 1994, he was a partner of the same firm, and thereafter he was of counsel to that firm. Mr. Longstreth has served as a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and as an adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Law. Mr. Longstreth is a member of the board of directors of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AMVESCAP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AMVESCAP (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">AMVESCAP</a>, PLC. He is also chairman of the finance committee of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rockefeller_Family_Fund" title="Rockefeller Family Fund" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Rockefeller Family Fund</a> and chairman of the investment committee of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nathan_Cummings_Foundation" title="Nathan Cummings Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Nathan Cummings Foundation</a>. He serves as a trustee of the New School University and a member of the Advisory Board of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Public_Integrity" title="Center for Public Integrity" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Center for Public Integrity</a>. Mr. Longstreth received a B.S.E. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard University." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bevis_Longstreth#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>Ex officio Director for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Public_Integrity" title="Center for Public Integrity" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Center for Public Integrity</a> and a member of the Finance Committee for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rockefeller_Family_Fund" title="Rockefeller Family Fund" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Rockefeller Family Fund</a>.<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaauaaaanaqmaaabb8jblaaaablbmvex="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX" auow5qsojaaaaaxrstlmaqobyzgaaabnjrefucb1jyeabbqw="AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw" wlcagqeagpidyt0ivcsaaaaasuvork5cyii=");" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Director, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_for_a_Civil_Society" title="Foundation for a Civil Society" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Foundation for a Civil Society</a>.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Director, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Winston_Foundation" title="Winston Foundation" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Winston Foundation</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Advisory Board, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Schwartz_Center_for_Economic_Policy_Analysis" title="Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bevis_Longstreth#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></li></ul><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="f slp" style=""><a class="fl" href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VExhXIRWfbQJ:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eli_Whitney_Debevoise+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Oct 4, 2009 - "Mr. Debevoise (pronounced DEH-beh-voyse), who was a co-founder of the law firm now known as Debevoise & Plimpton, handled both  ...</a></div></div></div></li><li class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 23px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="fl" href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VExhXIRWfbQJ:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eli_Whitney_Debevoise+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Eli Whitney Debevoise, a prominent New York lawyer who served in numerous government posts, died in 1990.</a><a class="fl" href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VExhXIRWfbQJ:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eli_Whitney_Debevoise+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">"Mr. Debevoise (pronounced DEH-beh-voyse), who was a co-founder of the law firm now known as </a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Debevoise%26_Plimpton" title="Debevoise & Plimpton" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Debevoise & Plimpton</a>, handled both litigation and corporate law..."Mr. Debevoise served as Deputy United States High Commissioner for Germany from 1951 to 1953, one of the top positions with the Allied Commission that administered Germany's affairs in the years immediately following World War II."In 1959, Gov. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nelson_A.Rockefeller" title="Nelson A. Rockefeller" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Nelson A. Rockefeller</a> named Mr. Debevoise chairman of the New York State Task Force on Youth and Juvenile Delinquency, which was mandated to carry out a six-point program that included developing work camps for troubled youngsters..."Born in Manhattan on Dec. 14, 1899, and named after his great-great grandfather, Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, Mr. Debevoise graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., in 1917. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the Army and eventually attained the rank of second lieutenant..."Later, Mr. Debevoise would play a leading role in the firm's representation of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alger_Hiss" title="Alger Hiss" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Alger Hiss</a> during the former State Department official's two trials for perjury in the post-war hunt for Communists in government. In the early 1950's, Mr. Debevoise served as legal adviser for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ford Motor Company</a> as it became a public corporation."During World War II, Mr. Debevoise was chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alien_Enemy_Hearing_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alien Enemy Hearing Board (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Alien Enemy Hearing Board</a> in New York, which ruled on the eligibility of resident aliens to remain in the United States. From 1951 to 1953, besides serving as Deputy High Commissioner for Germany, he was general counsel to the Commission."Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Debevoise rejoined his firm and served in a variety of public and human rights posts. He was a member of the New York State Special Legislative Committee on Integrity and Ethical Standards in Government, chairman of the executive committee of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Radio_Free_Europe" title="Radio Free Europe" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Radio Free Europe</a>, chairman of Governor Rockefeller's Committee to Review New York Laws and Procedures on Human Rights, vice president and chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Commission_of_Jurists" title="International Commission of Jurists" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">International Commission of Jurists</a> and a member of the New York Citizens Committee on Reaportionment."He was also active in many charities, serving as president of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_York_Association_for_the_Blind&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New York Association for the Blind (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">New York Association for the Blind</a>, chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Russell_Sage_Foundation" title="Russell Sage Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Russell Sage Foundation</a>, as a trustee of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rockefeller_University" title="Rockefeller University" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Rockefeller University</a> and a trustee of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Geographical_Society" title="American Geographical Society" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Geographical Society</a>." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eli_Whitney_Debevoise#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Resources and articles</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Related Sourcewatch articles</h3><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">References</h3><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; 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Located in midtown Manhattan, the ...</a></div></div></div></li><li class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 23px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="rc" data-hveid="73" style="position: relative;"><h3 class="r" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Debevoise & Plimpton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></h3><div class="s" style="max-width: 42em; line-height: 18px;"><div class="f kv _SWb" style="height: 17px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;"><cite class="Rm" style="font-style: normal;">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26Plimpton</cite><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 0px 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-user-select: none;"><a class="Fmb ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b7" aria-label="Result details" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="ab.tdd;keydown:ab.hbke;keypress:ab.mskpe" data-ved="0CEsQ7B0wBw" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; background-image: none;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 4px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 8.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:ab.hdke;mouseover:ab.hdhne;mouseout:ab.hdhue" data-ved="0CEwQqR8wBw" style="border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; -webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:u_fEtbGv4bgJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; -webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ul></div></div><div class="crc" style="display: inline-block; position: relative; margin-left: 4px;"><div class="crl" data-async-context="res:7;ri:;site:en.wikipedia.org" data-async-trigger="cra-7-filled" jsaction="crd.tglpop" data-ved="0CE8Q5CswBw" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block;"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Wikipedia<span class="Bs" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 4px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; top: 8.5px; position: absolute; margin-left: 6px; margin-top: -3px; border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170) transparent !important;" /></a></div></div></div><div class="f slp" style=""><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (often shortened to Debevoise), founded in 1931, is a prominent international law firm based in New York City. The firm is widely ...</a></div></div></div></li></div><div><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"></a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">wikifluff</a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (often shortened to Debevoise), founded in 1931, is a prominent international </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">law firm</a> based in New York City. The firm is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious firms (in New York<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> and globally<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>), and ranks among the most elite<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> and successful firms globally.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> The firm is also one of the most selective in its attorney hiring.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a>Founded in 1931 by Harvard alumnus <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney_Debevoise" title="Eli Whitney Debevoise" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Eli Whitney Debevoise</a> and Oxford-trained <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stevenson(athlete)" title="William Stevenson (athlete)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">William Stevenson</a>, Debevoise has been a long established leader in strategic and private equity, M&A, insurance and financial services transactions, private funds, complex litigation/investigations and international arbitration. In recent years, its practice has taken on an increasingly international component. The firm currently employs approximately 650 lawyers in eight offices throughout the world. Debevoise is the only law firm to have both a former US and UK Attorney General simultaneously as partners (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey" title="Michael Mukasey" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Michael Mukasey</a> in the US and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Goldsmith" title="Lord Goldsmith" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Lord Goldsmith</a> QC in the UK).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-chambers-associate.com-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>Debevoise placed No. 1 overall in The American Lawyer's "10-Year A-List," a ranking of the law firms who have earned the highest cumulative score on the A-List since its inception in 2003. The annual A-List ranks firms according to their performance in four categories: revenue per lawyer, pro bono service, associate satisfaction and diversity.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a> Debevoise, either intentionally or not, has crafted a culture that favors polite intellectualism. Where at many firms the focus is just on getting the job done, many Debevoise attorneys pride themselves on intellectual curiosity and the grander pursuit of law.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> The rare firm culture at Debevoise is often hailed as one of the most collegial in the country, which cherishes the relations between associates and partners. Chambers Associate described Debevoise as very much the "Gentleman of the world of BigLaw".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#cite_note-chambers-associate.com-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Reputation_and_Rankings" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Reputation and Rankings</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Other_Mentions" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Other Mentions</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Key_Clients" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Key Clients</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Transactions" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4 Transactions</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Assistance_to_Guantanamo_Prisoners" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5 Assistance to Guantanamo Prisoners</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Defending_Take-Two" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6 Defending Take-Two</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Offices" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7 Offices</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#See_also" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8 See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">9 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">10 External links</a></li></ul></div><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"></a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">
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cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;">Some of Debevoise's clients include: </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIG" title="AIG" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">AIG</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines" title="American Airlines" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Airlines</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Express" title="American Express" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Express</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXA" title="AXA" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">AXA</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNP_Paribas" title="BNP Paribas" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">BNP Paribas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carlyle_Group" title="The Carlyle Group" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">The Carlyle Group</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton,Dubilier%26_Rice" title="Clayton, Dubilier & Rice" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Clayton, Dubilier & Rice</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">The Coca-Cola Company</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN" title="CNN" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">CNN</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines" title="Delta Air Lines" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Delta Air Lines</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank" title="Deutsche Bank" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Deutsche Bank</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap(clothing)" title="Gap (clothing)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Gap</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Goldman Sachs</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Hasbro</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Paper" title="International Paper" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">International Paper</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase" title="JPMorgan Chase" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">JPMorgan Chase</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelso%26_Company" title="Kelso & Company" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kelso & Company</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetLife" title="MetLife" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">MetLife</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">National Football League</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">National Hockey League</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">NBC</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company" title="The New York Times Company" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">The New York Times Company</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_Equity_Partners" title="Providence Equity Partners" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Providence Equity Partners</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential_Financial" title="Prudential Financial" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Prudential Financial</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_Gold" title="Polyus Gold" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Polyus Gold</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_AG" title="Siemens AG" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Siemens</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company" title="Shell Oil Company" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Shell Oil Company</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp." title="Sony Corp." class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Sony Corp.</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Universal Music Group</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon" title="Verizon" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Verizon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!" title="Yahoo!" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Yahoo!</a>....<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton#Transactions" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>The Magic Circle is an informal term for what are generally considered the five leading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">law firms</a> headquartered in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United Kingdom</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Circle(law)#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Circle(law)#cite_note-busweek-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Circle(law)#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> and the four or five leading London-based commercial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">barristers</a>' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers(law)" title="Chambers (law)" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 22.4px; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">chambers</a>.</h2><ul style="line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="cx" cy="cy" r="r" fill="fill" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; 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white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; text-decoration: none !important;">/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; text-decoration: none !important;">m</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; text-decoration: none !important;">juː</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; text-decoration: none !important;">ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; text-decoration: none !important;">k</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; text-decoration: none !important;">eɪ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style="background: none; 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Mukasey, an American lawyer, was appointed following the resignation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales" title="Alberto Gonzales" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Alberto Gonzales</a>. Mukasey also served for 18 years as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge" title="Judge" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">judge</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of New York" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States District Court for the Southern District of New York</a>, six of those years as Chief Judge. He is the recipient of several awards, most notably the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand" title="Learned Hand" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Learned Hand</a> Medal of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bar_Council" title="Federal Bar Council" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Federal Bar Council</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-opinionjournal-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> Mukasey was the second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jewish</a> U.S. Attorney General.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> Mukasey is a partner at the international law firm <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%26_Plimpton" title="Debevoise & Plimpton" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Debevoise & Plimpton</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Personal_background" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Personal background</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Judicial_career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 Judicial career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Retirement" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Retirement</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Extrajudicial_opinions_on_law_and_terrorism" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4 Extrajudicial opinions on law and terrorism</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#U.S.Attorney_General" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5 U.S. Attorney General</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Stance_on_torture" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.1 Stance on torture</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Notable_issues_and_comments" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6 Notable issues and comments</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Relationship_with_Rudy_Giuliani" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.1 Relationship with Rudy Giuliani</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Crack_cocaine_stance" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.2 Crack cocaine stance</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Remarks_about_9.2F11_terrorist_punishment" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.3 Remarks about 9/11 terrorist punishment</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Remarks_about_pre-9.2F11_terrorist_phone_call" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.4 Remarks about pre-9/11 terrorist phone call</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Violations_of_the_law_are_not_always_crimes" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.5 Violations of the law are not always crimes</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Defence_of_waterboarding_and_other_enhanced_interrogation_techniques" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6.6 Defence of waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Health_issues" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7 Health issues</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">8 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">9 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Personal_background" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>Personal background[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal background" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Michael Mukasey's father was born near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baranavichy" title="Baranavichy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Baranavichy</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Belarus</a> (then in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Russian Empire</a>) and emigrated to the U.S. in 1921.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a>Michael Mukasey was born in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx" title="Bronx" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bronx</a> in 1941.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a> Mukasey graduated in 1959 from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramaz_School" title="Ramaz School" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ramaz School</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Orthodox_Judaism" title="Modern Orthodox Judaism" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Modern Orthodox Jewish</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University-preparatory_school" title="University-preparatory school" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">prep school</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Manhattan</a>. His wife, Susan, was later a teacher and headmistress of the lower school at Ramaz, and both of their children (Marc and Jessica)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> attended the school.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a>As an undergraduate student, Mukasey was the editorials editor of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Daily_Spectator" title="Columbia Daily Spectator" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Columbia Daily Spectator</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_College_of_Columbia_University" title="Columbia College of Columbia University" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Columbia University</a>, where he received his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">B.A.</a> in 1963, majoring in anthropology. At <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Law_School" title="Yale Law School" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Yale Law School</a> he received his law degree in 1967. Mukasey practiced law for 20 years in New York City, serving for four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Attorney_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York" title="U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-judge_bio-13" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a> in which he worked with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Giuliani" title="Rudolph Giuliani" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Rudolph Giuliani</a>. In 1976, he joined the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, to which he returned after retirement from the U.S. District Court.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-influence-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> Mukasey began teaching at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Columbia Law School</a> in the Spring of 1993 and has taught there every spring semester since.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a>Mukasey's son Marc L. Mukasey, as of 2007, leads the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_collar_crime" title="White collar crime" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">white-collar criminal defense</a> practice in the New York office of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracewell%26_Giuliani" title="Bracewell & Giuliani" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bracewell & Giuliani</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> The Mukaseys have a professional relationship with Rudy Giuliani; Mukasey and son were also justice advisers to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-Associated_Press-Devlin-2007-09-17-17" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a> Mukasey administered the oath of office to Mayor-elect Giuliani in 1994 and 1998.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-Associated_Press-Devlin-2007-09-17-17" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Judicial_career" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>Judicial career[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Judicial career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In 1987, Mukasey was nominated as a federal district judge for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_District_of_New_York" title="Southern District of New York" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Southern District of New York</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Manhattan</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President" title="President" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">President</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ronald Reagan</a>, to a seat vacated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_D.Sofaer" title="Abraham D. Sofaer" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Abraham D. Sofaer</a>. Mukasey was confirmed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States Senate</a> on November 6, 1987, and received his commission on November 9, 1987; he took the bench in 1988. He served in that position for 18 years, including tenure as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Judge" title="Chief Judge" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Chief Judge</a> from March 2000<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> through July 2006.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a>During his tenure on the bench, Mukasey presided over the criminal prosecution of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Abdel_Rahman" title="Omar Abdel Rahman" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Omar Abdel Rahman</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sayyid_Nosair" title="El Sayyid Nosair" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">El Sayyid Nosair</a>, whom he sentenced to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_prison" title="Life in prison" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">life in prison</a> for a plot to blow up the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United Nations</a> and other Manhattan landmarks uncovered during an investigation into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_1993_bombings" title="World Trade Center 1993 bombings" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1993 World Trade Center bombing</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-influence-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> During that case, Mukasey spoke out against leaks by law enforcement officials regarding the facts of the case allegedly aimed at prejudicing potential jurors against the defendants.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> During that case, the Jewish judge also refused to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuse" title="Recuse" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">recuse</a> himself, warning that the demand for his recusal would “disqualify not only an obscure district judge such as the author of this opinion, but also Justices <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Brandeis" title="Justice Brandeis" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Brandeis</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Frankfurter" title="Justice Frankfurter" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Frankfurter</a> … each having been both a Jew and a Zionist.”<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a>Mukasey also heard the trial of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Padilla(alleged_terrorist)" title="José Padilla (alleged terrorist)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jose Padilla</a>, ruling that the U.S. citizen and alleged <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist" title="Terrorist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">terrorist</a> could be held as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_combatant" title="Enemy combatant" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">enemy combatant</a> but was entitled to see his lawyers. Mukasey also was the judge in the litigation between developer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein" title="Larry Silverstein" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Larry Silverstein</a> and several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">insurance</a> companies arising from the destruction of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center" title="World Trade Center" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">World Trade Center</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-influence-14" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> In a 2003 suit, he issued a preliminary injunction preventing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" title="Motion Picture Association of America" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Motion Picture Association of America</a> from enforcing its ban against the distribution of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screener" title="Screener" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">screener</a> copies of films during awards season, ruling that the ban was likely an unlawful restraint of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade" title="Trade" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">trade</a> unfair to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">independent filmmakers</a>.In June 2003, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Democratic</a> New York Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Schumer" title="Charles Schumer" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Charles Schumer</a> submitted Mukasey's name, along with four other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republicans</a> or Republican appointees, as a suggestion for Bush to consider for nomination to the Supreme Court.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a>On October 14, 2004, citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, Mukasey reversed his September 2002 decision and dismissed a case in which plaintiffs in twenty consolidated actions sued the Italian insurance company Generali S.p.A. (Generali), seeking damages for nonpayment of insurance proceeds to beneficiaries of policies purchased by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust" title="Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Holocaust</a> victims before the end of World War II.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a> In so ruling, Mukasey gave deference to "a federal executive branch policy favoring voluntary resolution of Holocaust-era insurance claims."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Retirement" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>Retirement[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Retirement" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Although <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_III_of_the_U.S.Constitution" title="Article III of the U.S. Constitution" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Article III of the U.S. Constitution</a> entitles district court judges to hold their judicial appointments for life, in June 2006 Mukasey announced that he would retire as a judge and return to private practice at the end of the summer. On August 1, 2006, he was succeeded as Chief Judge of the Southern District by Judge <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_Wood" title="Kimba Wood" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kimba Wood</a>. Mukasey's retirement took effect on September 9, 2006. On September 12, 2006, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson_Belknap_Webb%26_Tyler" title="Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler</a> announced that Mukasey had rejoined the firm as a partner.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a>On the March 18, 2007, episode of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Press" title="Meet the Press" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Meet the Press</a>, Schumer suggested Mukasey as a potential Attorney General nominee who, "by [his] reputation and career, shows that [he] put rule of law first."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[26]</a>Since retiring from the bench, Mukasey made campaign contributions to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani_presidential_campaign,2008" title="Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Giuliani for president</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Joe Lieberman</a> for Senate.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[27]</a> Mukasey was also listed on the Giuliani campaign's Justice Advisory Committee.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[28]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Extrajudicial_opinions_on_law_and_terrorism" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>Extrajudicial opinions on law and terrorism[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Extrajudicial opinions on law and terrorism" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In May 2004, while still a member of the judiciary, Judge Mukasey delivered a speech (which he converted into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" title="Wall Street Journal" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Wall Street Journal</a> opinion piece) that defended the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act" title="USA PATRIOT Act" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">USA PATRIOT Act</a>; the piece also expressed doubt that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI" title="FBI" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">FBI</a> engaged in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_profiling" title="Racial profiling" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">racial profiling</a> of Arabs and criticized the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Library Association</a> for condemning the Patriot Act but not taking a position on librarians imprisoned in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Cuba</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-opinionjournal-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>On August 22, 2007, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" title="Wall Street Journal" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Wall Street Journal</a> published Mukasey's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">op-ed</a>, prompted by the resolution of the Padilla prosecution, in which he argued that "current institutions and statutes are not well suited to even the limited task of supplementing . . . a military effort to combat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Islamic terrorism</a>." Mukasey instead advocated for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Congress</a>, which "has the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Constitution" title="U.S. Constitution" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">constitutional</a> authority to establish additional inferior courts", to "turn [its] considerable talents to deliberating how to fix a strained and mismatched legal system."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[29]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#U.S.Attorney_General" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>U.S. Attorney General[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. Attorney General" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>On September 16, 2007, various publications reported that Mukasey accepted Bush's offer to replace <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales" title="Alberto Gonzales" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Alberto Gonzales</a> as the Attorney General.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-wpost-30" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[30]</a> He was nominated by the President on September 17, 2007. At his nomination press conference with the President, Mukasey stated, "The task of helping to protect our security, which the Justice Department shares with the rest of our government, is not the only task before us. The Justice Department must also protect the safety of our children, the commerce that assures our prosperity, and the rights and liberties that define us as a nation."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[31]</a>White House spokeswoman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Perino" title="Dana Perino" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dana Perino</a> said on September 18 that the administration desired the Mukasey nomination be confirmed by October 8, 2007. She cited past prompt confirmations of attorneys general. Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Patrick Leahy</a>, the Democratic Chairman of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Senate Judiciary Committee</a>, said that Mukasey would commit to an administrative rule to ensure that only the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General, not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorneys" title="United States Attorneys" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Attorneys</a> or other Justice employees, could respond to inquiries from politicians regarding outstanding cases, and that any other employee who discusses cases "with somebody outside, whether from the White House or members of Congress or something else like that, they will be fired"; this concession sought to avoid problems that arose during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_U.S.attorneys_controversy" title="Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">controversy over the dismissal of U.S. Attorneys</a> under the previous Attorney General's tenure.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-WashingtonPost-AP-Jordan-2007-09-20-32" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[32]</a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px; display: inline !important;">Mukasey was sworn in at a private ceremony on November 9, 2007.</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]
</a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px; display: inline !important;">On October 2, 2007 Mukasey's written response to a pre-hearing </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Judiciary_Committee" title="Senate Judiciary Committee" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Senate Judiciary Committee</a> questionnaire was received by the committee, and published. Leahy replied the next day by letter proposing to meet individually on October 16, to discuss numerous issues on which the White House has declined to respond; the letter outlined issues and commitments Leahy desires from the nominee.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-Sen-Judiciary-Mukasey-Interrogatory-33" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[33]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-Leahy-Letter_to_Mukasey-2007-10-03-34" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[34]</a> On November 6 the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed the nomination of Mukasey, by an 11 to 8 vote, and sent his confirmation on to the full Senate.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-NYT06NOV07-35" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[35]</a> Two days later, the Senate confirmed Mukasey by a 53–40 vote.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-WP-AP-Kellman-2007-11-08-36" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[36]</a> The tight vote was the narrowest margin to confirm an attorney general in more than 50 years.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[37]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#Stance_on_torture" class="mw-headline-anchor" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this section" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: -20px; width: 20px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; user-select: none; margin-right: 0px; background: none;">§</a>Stance on torture<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Stance on torture" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>As of November 1, 2007 five senators – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dodd" title="Christopher Dodd" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Christopher Dodd</a> of Connecticut, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Biden" title="Joseph Biden" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Joseph Biden</a> of Delaware, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John Kerry</a> of Massachusetts,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Edward Kennedy</a> of Massachusetts and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bernie Sanders</a> of Vermont – had announced their intention to vote against Mukasey's confirmation due to concerns about his stance on torture.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[39]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[40]</a>Senator Leahy announced on October 31, 2007 that a committee vote on the nomination was scheduled for Tuesday, November 6.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-WPost-Eggen-2007-10-31-41" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[41]</a> The announcement came a day after Mukasey replied via letter to the committee, to questions and requests for clarification.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[42]</a> Leahy and the other nine Democratic committee members had indicated the week before, via letter, to Mukasey that they were "deeply troubled by your refusal to state unequivocally that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding" title="Waterboarding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">waterboarding</a> is illegal during your confirmation hearing..."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[43]</a> By holding an unusual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_Office" title="Oval Office" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Oval Office</a> meeting with journalists on November 1, 2007, Bush signaled his concern that the nomination, which was previously judged to be a sure bet, was in peril, primarily over what is and is not considered illegal torture.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-NYT-Shane-2007-11-01-44" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[44]</a> Mukasey has refused to state an unequivocal legal position on the interrogation technique known as waterboarding (in which water is poured over a rag on the prisoner's face to simulate drowning), and it appears that he was concerned about the potential pursuit of government employees or agents, and their authorizing superiors in American or foreign courts under criminal charges, when responding to the Senate Judiciary committee questions.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-NYT-Shane-2007-11-01-44" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[44]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[45]</a>In describing the issue's challenges to the Bush administration, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times" title="New York Times" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">New York Times</a> quoted Scott L. Silliman, director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Duke University</a> as saying about such court cases, which could ultimately reach the president: "You would ask not just who carried it out, but who specifically approved it." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M.Chesney" title="Robert M. Chesney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Robert M. Chesney</a>, of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Wake Forest University</a> School of Law, and other national security specialists have pointed out that prosecution within the United States, would be impeded by laws adopted since 2005 which permit safe-harbor protections to interrogators for governmentally authorized actions. It is believed that secret Justice Department legal opinions approved waterboarding and other procedures officially called "harsh interrogation techniques".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-NYT-Shane-2007-11-01-44" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[44]</a>In 2009, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_ethics" title="Legal ethics" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">legal ethics</a> complaints were filed against Mukaskey and other Bush administration attorneys for their roles in advocating torture.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[46]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[47]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[48]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; 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Mukasey and Giuliani have been friends since working at the same law firm in the early 1970s.</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[49]</a> Mukasey pledged to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification" title="Judicial disqualification" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">recuse</a> himself from cases involving Giuliani.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[50]</a> Newspaper reports assumed that Mukasey would further recuse himself from cases involving <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik" title="Bernard Kerik" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bernard Kerik</a>, a former New York City police commissioner under Giuliani, who was under federal investigation for bribery and other offenses. However, neither presidential spokespersons nor Mukasey returned reporters' inquiries into whether Mukasey would recuse himself from the Kerik case.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[51]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[52]</a>§Relationship with Rudy Giuliani<span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Mukasey&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Relationship with Rudy Giuliani" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>During <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani_presidential_campaign,2008" title="Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign</a>, Mukasey's stepson, Marc, was assigned by Giuliani's campaign to block Kerik's legal defense team from interviewing witnesses that might assist his defense in an attempt to protect Giuliani from the Kerik case.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[53]</a><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw=1375&bih=681&q=related:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debevoise%2526_Plimpton+Debevoise+%26+Plimpton+sourcewatch&tbo=1&sa=X&ei=3HEIVfXrMIKfggTGwYNo&ved=0CE4QHzAH" style="text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"></a></ul></div></div>

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