Benjamin Richard Civiletti was an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney General during the Carter administration, from 1979 to 1981.
12 Facts About Benjamin Civiletti
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Benjamin Civiletti specialized in commercial litigation and internal investigations working at Venable LLP.
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Benjamin Civiletti was raised in nearby Lake Mahopac and Shrub Oak and attended the Washington Irving High School which was in Tarrytown.
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Benjamin Civiletti graduated from Johns Hopkins University receiving a Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 1957.
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Benjamin Civiletti attended Columbia Law School and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore.
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Benjamin Civiletti then became an assistant United States Attorney in Baltimore a year after graduating from law school, serving in that capacity until 1964.
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Benjamin Civiletti was serving as the Deputy Attorney General when Griffin Bell resigned as Attorney General of the United States.
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Benjamin Civiletti was appointed to the Justice Department's top position on July 19,1979, becoming the first Italian American to assume the role of attorney general.
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Benjamin Civiletti argued before the Supreme Court in support of the government's right to denaturalize Nazi war criminals in Fedorenko v United States.
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On July 10,2008, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced that Benjamin Civiletti would serve as the chairman of the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment which was set up to study the application of capital punishment in Maryland and make a recommendation on the abolition of the death penalty in Maryland.
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Benjamin Civiletti died on October 16,2022, at home in Lutherville, Maryland.
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Benjamin Civiletti was 87 and suffered from Parkinson's disease prior to his death.