Rappel : Samedi 21 novembre, discours ouvert au public et gratuit de l'ex Attorney General Michael Mukasey

Merci de vous préinscrire ! 

stuart.haugen@republicansabroad.fr

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Free, open to the public, speech by former US Attorney General Michael Mukasey
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Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 19h00

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Republicans Abroad, in conjunction with The American University of Paris, is pleased to offer you the extraordinary opportunity to attend a free, public speech byThe Honorable Michael B. Mukasey: Attorney with Debevoise and Plimpton, former US Federal Judge, and former Attorney General of the United States.

The speech, followed by a light cocktail, will be held:

Saturday, November 21, 2009, at 19h00
The American University of Paris
6 rue du Colonel Combes
75007 Paris

This event is open to the public and is free of charge.  Please remember to bring a photo ID and note that admission will be limited to space available so come early.

The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey

Michael Bernard Mukasey is a lawyer and former judge who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States.  General Mukasey also served for 18 years as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; six of those years as Chief Judge.

He is the recipient of several awards, most notably the Learned Hand Medal of the Federal Bar Council.  Mukasey is a partner at the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton.

In 1987, Mukasey was nominated as a federal district judge for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan by President Ronald Reagan; he took the bench in 1988.  He served in that position for 18 years, including tenure as Chief Judge from March 2000 through July 2006.

During his tenure on the bench, Mukasey presided over the criminal prosecution of Omar Abdel Rahman and El Sayyid Nosair, whom he sentenced for a plot to blow up the United Nations and other Manhattan landmarks uncovered during an investigation into the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.