Mary Jo White
- This page is about the attorney and civil servant; for the Pennsylvania State Senator, see Mary Jo White (Pennsylvania politician).
Mary Jo White | |
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| Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission Designate | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Elisse Walter (Acting) |
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| Born | September 27, 1947 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary The New School Columbia University |
Mary Jo White (born December 27, 1947) was the first woman to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving from 1993 to 2002.[1]
White was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in McLean, Virginia. She received her B.S. from the College of William and Mary in 1970. She earned her M.A. in psychology in 1971 from The New School for Social Research[2] and her law degree from Columbia Law School in 1974.[1]
White became Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in December 1992, and in March 1993 was appointed by President Bill Clinton as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District. She is noted for having overseen prosecutions of John Gotti and the terrorists responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing chief among them Ramzi Yousef. After Clinton's controversial last day presidential pardons, she was appointed by new Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate Marc Rich's pardon.[1]
For the past 10 years, she has been Chair of the litigation department at Debevoise & Plimpton.[3] Among other duties, she has used her influence and connections to protect Wall Street CEOs from prosecution.[4]
On January 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated White to replace Elisse B. Walter as Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[5]
References
- ^ a b c 2001 CNN profile of Mary Jo White CNN. (February 6, 2001). Retrieved February 24, 2011
- ^ "Mary Jo White: Good Cop or Bad Cop for Wall Street?". Forbes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Mary Jo White -- Debevoise bio". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Why Isn't Wall Street In Jail". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Mary Jo White, Obama Pick to Head SEC". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
External links
- Debevoise & Plimpton biography
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Mary Jo White collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- PBS interview with Mary Jo White (May, 2002)
- TIME profile of Mary Jo White (March, 2001)
- Securities Regulation Institute Faculty
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- Living people
- People from Kansas City, Missouri
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- United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York