Debo Patrick Adegbile was born on December 1966 and is an American lawyer in private practice who serves as a Commissioner for the United States Civil Rights Commission.
13 Facts About Debo Adegbile
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Debo Adegbile was previously nominated to serve as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
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Debo Adegbile was a child actor on the children's TV show Sesame Street during the 1970s, playing the character Debo and performing in episodes for nine years.
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Debo Adegbile studied at Lehman College in 1986 and 1987 and earned a bachelor's degree in 1991 from Connecticut College.
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Debo Adegbile then earned a JD degree from New York University School of Law in 1994.
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Debo Adegbile then joined the firm full-time as an associate in the firm's litigation department in 1994, holding that position until 2001.
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Debo Adegbile argued his first case before the United States Supreme Court in 2008, making a defense of the Voting Rights Act.
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In 2013, Debo Adegbile joined the staff of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary as a senior counsel with a focus on legislative matters.
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On November 18,2013, President Obama nominated Debo Adegbile to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, to succeed Thomas Perez, who had left the position to serve as United States Secretary of Labor.
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USSenators from both parties objected to Debo Adegbile's signing of an appeal for Black Panther member Mumia Abu-Jamal who was convicted in 1982 for the first-degree murder of Daniel Faulkner, a Philadelphia police officer, on December 9,1981.
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In January 2014, Debo Adegbile's nomination was returned to Obama, who renominated Debo Adegbile within days.
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On September 15,2014, Debo Adegbile announced his withdrawal as a nominee to be assistant attorney general, and that he would be going into private practice, joining the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
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Debo Adegbile is married to Susan Haskell-Adegbile, and they live in New York City with their two daughters, Sela and Devan.