Jamie S Gorelick is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration.
19 Facts About Jamie Gorelick
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Jamie Gorelick has been a partner at WilmerHale since 2003 and has served on the board of directors of Amazon since February 2012.
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Jamie Gorelick was appointed by former 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 and served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.
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Jamie Gorelick was born in Brooklyn, New York City to Leonard and Shirley Jamie Gorelick, and grew up in Great Neck, New York, in a Jewish family.
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Jamie Gorelick attended Great Neck South High School, graduating in 1968.
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Jamie Gorelick was president of the District of Columbia Bar from 1992 to 1993.
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Jamie Gorelick is a law partner in the Washington office of WilmerHale and a member of the boards of Amazon.
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Jamie Gorelick is a lobbyist for the lending industry fighting student loan reform.
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Jamie Gorelick was appointed Vice Chairman of Federal National Mortgage Association from 1997 to 2003.
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Jamie Gorelick served alongside former Clinton Administration official Franklin Raines.
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Jamie Gorelick eventually recused herself from reviewing her own role in the regulation of information about terrorist activities.
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Jamie Gorelick was added in February 2008 to Duke University's defense team after the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case scandal.
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Jamie Gorelick represented Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, as he considered a possible role in the White House.
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Jamie Gorelick had advised Kushner, who has sprawling financial interests in a multibillion-dollar global real estate empire, on how he might comply with federal ethics and anti-nepotism laws.
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Jamie Gorelick has argued that although officials leading federal agencies are barred from hiring relatives, the White House is not an agency and thus exempt.
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Jamie Gorelick argued that if Kushner forgoes a White House salary, he would not be bound by federal nepotism rules.
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On July 14,2017, Jamie Gorelick stepped away from the lead role in the Russian investigation and turned over all responsibilities to Abbe Lowell.
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Jamie Gorelick was elected to The American Law Institute in 1987.
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Jamie Gorelick is married to Richard Edward Waldhorn, a pulmonologist, and has two children.