Jamie Gorelick
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Jamie S. Gorelick (born May 6, 1950) is an American attorney and judicial officer who was Deputy Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration. She was also appointed by Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Gorelick (IPA: [ˌgə ˈrɛl ɪk]) grew up in Great Neck, New York where she attended South High School.[1] She obtained her B.A. (magna cum laude) from Harvard University in 1972, where she was desigated Radcliffe Orator, and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School in 1975.
Gorelick joined the Washington, D.C. law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin in 1975 and worked for them as a litigator until 1993, except for 1979 to 1980 when she was an assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. Gorelick was president of the District of Columbia Bar from 1992 to 1993.
Under the Clinton administration, Gorelick served as general counsel of the Department of Defense from 1993 to 1994, when she was appointed Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the No. 2 position in the Department of Justice. Gorelick served as Vice Chairman of the Federal National Mortgage Association from 1997 to 2003.
She is currently a law partner in the Washington office of WilmerHale and a non-executive director of the oilfield services provider Schlumberger Ltd.
[edit] External links
- Gorelick official biography from the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
- Gorelick biography from Wilmer Hale]]
- Gorelick's Wall, Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal 4/15/04)
| Members of the 9/11 Commission |  |
|---|---|
| Kean (Chair) • Hamilton (Vice chair) Ben-Veniste • Fielding • Gorelick • Gorton • Kerrey • Lehman • Roemer • Thompson |
Categories: Articles lacking sources from August 2006 | All articles lacking sources | NPOV disputes | 1950 births | Living people | 9/11 Commission | American federal lawyers | Harvard University alumni | Harvard Law School alumni | People from Nassau County, New York | People from Washington, D.C.
