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Revision as of 10:09, June 4, 2018
Preetinder Singh "Preet" Bharara (born October 13, 1968) is an Indian-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.[1][2] He received his B.A magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1990 and his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1993, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review.[3]
Bharara became a naturalized United States citizen in 1980.[4]
In 2012, Bharara was named by Time magazine as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World," and by India Abroad as its 2011 Person of the Year.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9]
Controversy
Bharara's office was the lead in prosecuting Dinesh D’Souza over alleged election law violations.[10][11]
See also
References
- ↑ "Preet Bharara, the new top federal prosecutor zeroes in on white-collar crime", India Times/Reuters, October 20, 2009. Retrieved on April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010.
- ↑ Chang, Ailsa (January 27, 2011). Meet Preet Bharara: New York's Highest-Profile Prosecutor. WNYC News. Retrieved on March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Weiser, Benjamin. "For Manhattan’s Next U.S. Attorney, Politics and Prosecution Don’t Mix", The New York Times, August 9, 2009. Retrieved on March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Roger Parloff, Nominee for Manhattan U.S. Attorney: A nonpartisan star, Fortune (August 25, 2009).
- ↑ The 2012 Time 100, Time, "Preet Bharara". By Viet Dinh. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Preet Bharara, the Man Who Makes Wall Street Tremble, Is India Abroad Person of the Year 2011. Rediff (June 30, 2012).
- ↑ "Bloomberg Markets' 50 Most Influential", September 5, 2012.
- ↑ "The New Establishment 2012", October 2012.
- ↑ "The New Establishment 2013", November 2013.
- ↑ Obama critic D'Souza spared prison for violating election law
- ↑ Lead Prosecutor in Dinesh D’Souza Case Is Former Obama Donor