1. Kenneth Polite served as a United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 2013 to 2017.
15 Facts About Kenneth Polite
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Kenneth Polite's mother, Rosalind, was still in high school when he was born and his father Kenneth Polite Sr.
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Kenneth Polite received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2000.
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In 2001, Polite served as a law clerk to Judge Thomas L Ambro of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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Kenneth Polite served as an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York, from 2007 to 2010.
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On June 27,2013, President Barack Obama nominated Kenneth Polite to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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Kenneth Polite's nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 12,2013, by voice vote.
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Kenneth Polite received his commission on September 20,2013, and took the oath of office the same day.
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In 2014, Kenneth Polite created the Crescent City Keepers Mentoring Program, aimed at using faith communities to mentor at-risk youth.
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Kenneth Polite created an anti corruption unit to address claims of civil rights violations and public corruption.
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In 2015, Kenneth Polite was named to the Advisory Committee of US Attorneys, a national advisory board for the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
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Kenneth Polite has served on the Louisiana Civil Service Commission and the board of New Orleans College Prep Charter School in Central City.
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Kenneth Polite cites the murder of his half-brother in New Orleans in 2004 as a factor in becoming a prosecutor.
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Kenneth Polite is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
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In 2015, Kenneth Polite received an honorary doctorate from Loyola University.