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'''Preetinder Singh "Preet" Bharara''' (born October 13, 1968) is an [[India]]n-born American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017.

'''Preetinder Singh "Preet" Bharara''' (born October 13, 1968) is an [[India]]n-born American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017.

 

Bharara graduated from the Ranney School in [[Tinton Falls, New Jersey]], as [[valedictorian]] in 1986.<ref name=reuters_20091020>{{cite news|title=Preet Bharara, the new top federal prosecutor zeroes in on white-collar crime |work=India Times/Reuters |date=October 20, 2009 |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Preet-Bharara-the-new-top-federal-prosecutor-zeroes-in-on-white-collar-crime/articleshow/5141088.cms |accessdate=April 21, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527024358/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Preet-Bharara-the-new-top-federal-prosecutor-zeroes-in-on-white-collar-crime/articleshow/5141088.cms |archivedate=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=wnyc_20110127>{{cite web |last=Chang |first=Ailsa |title=Meet Preet Bharara: New York's Highest-Profile Prosecutor | work=[[WNYC]] News | date=January 27, 2011 | url=http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jan/27/preet-bharara-hard-charging-humble-prosecutor/ |accessdate=March 12, 2017}}</ref> He received his B.A ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard College]] in 1990 and his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Columbia Law School]] in 1993, where he was a member of the ''[[Columbia Law Review]]''.<ref name=nytimes_20090810>{{cite news | last=Weiser | first=Benjamin | title=For Manhattan’s Next U.S. Attorney, Politics and Prosecution Don’t Mix | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 9, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10bharara.html | accessdate=March 12, 2017}}</ref>

Bharara graduated from the Ranney School in [[Tinton Falls, New Jersey]], as [[valedictorian]] in 1986.<ref name=reuters_20091020>{{cite news|title=Preet Bharara, the new top federal prosecutor zeroes in on white-collar crime |work=India Times/Reuters |date=October 20, 2009 |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Preet-Bharara-the-new-top-federal-prosecutor-zeroes-in-on-white-collar-crime/articleshow/5141088.cms |accessdate=April 21, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527024358/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Preet-Bharara-the-new-top-federal-prosecutor-zeroes-in-on-white-collar-crime/articleshow/5141088.cms |archivedate=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=wnyc_20110127>{{cite web |last=Chang |first=Ailsa |title=Meet Preet Bharara: New York's Highest-Profile Prosecutor | work=[[WNYC]] News | date=January 27, 2011 | url=http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jan/27/preet-bharara-hard-charging-humble-prosecutor/ |accessdate=March 12, 2017}}</ref> He received his B.A ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard College]] in 1990 and his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Columbia Law School]] in 1993, where he was a member of the ''[[Columbia Law Review]]''.<ref name=nytimes_20090810>{{cite news | last=Weiser | first=Benjamin | title=For Manhattan’s Next U.S. Attorney, Politics and Prosecution Don’t Mix | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 9, 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10bharara.html | accessdate=March 12, 2017}}</ref>

Bharara became a naturalized United States citizen in 1980.<ref name="Parloff">Roger Parloff, [http://archive.fortune.com/2009/05/22/news/newsmakers/parloff_bharara.fortune/index.htm Nominee for Manhattan U.S. Attorney: A nonpartisan star], ''Fortune'' (August 25, 2009).</ref>

Bharara became a naturalized United States citizen in 1980.<ref name="Parloff">Roger Parloff, [http://archive.fortune.com/2009/05/22/news/newsmakers/parloff_bharara.fortune/index.htm Nominee for Manhattan U.S. Attorney: A nonpartisan star], ''Fortune'' (August 25, 2009).</ref>

 

In 2012, Bharara was named by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World," and by ''[[India Abroad]]'' as its 2011 Person of the Year.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112129,00.html The 2012 Time 100], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', "Preet Bharara". By Viet Dinh. Retrieved April 23, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-preet-bharara-is-india-abroad-person-of-the-year-2011/20120630.htm |title= Preet Bharara, the Man Who Makes Wall Street Tremble, Is India Abroad Person of the Year 2011 |publisher=Rediff |date=June 30, 2012}}</ref>  Bharara was included in ''Bloomberg Markets Magazine''{{'}}s 2012 "50 Most Influential" list as well as ''Vanity Fair''{{'}}s 2012 and 2013 annual "New Establishment" lists.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bloomberg Markets' 50 Most Influential|url=http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-09-04/bloomberg-markets-50-most-influential.html#slide23|newspaper=Bloomberg Markets Magazine|date=September 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The New Establishment 2012|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/business/new-establishment/2012/17-preet-bharara|newspaper=Vanity Fair|date=October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The New Establishment 2013|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/11/new-establishment-2013|newspaper=Vanity Fair|date=November 2013}}</ref>

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