Michael B Mukasey

Michael B. Mukasey is a retired partner and of counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton. He served as the 81st United States Attorney General from 2007 to 2009 under President George W. Bush and as a federal judge in the Southern District of New Yor from 1988 to 2006, including six years as chief judge. His career has focused on national security law and terrorism-related cases, and he received the Learned Hand Medal for excellence in federal jurisprudence by the Federal Bar Council in 2004.