Jeff Bleich | |
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| United States Ambassador to Australia | |
| In office November 26, 2009 – September 12, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Robert McCallum Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John Berry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeffrey Laurence Bleich 1961 (age 62–63) Birkenfeld, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Becky Pratt |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Harvard University (MPP) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Jeffrey Laurence Bleich[1] (/blaɪʃ/; born 1961)[2] is an American lawyer and diplomat from California.
A longtime friend of President Barack Obama, Bleich joined the White House staff in March 2009 as Special Counsel to the President and was nominated later that year to become United States Ambassador to Australia.[3] Bleich served as ambassador from 2009 to 2013. After stepping down from his post, he returned to the United States and became a partner and group CEO at the Dentons law firm in San Francisco,[4] and ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2018 election, before being appointed as a special master for multi-district litigation for the U.S. District Court.[5]
- ^ Richman, Josh. "Obama nominates Piedmont lawyer as ambassador to Australia." Oakland Tribune September 14, 2009
- ^ "Jeffrey L. Bleich (1961–)". History.state.gov. September 12, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "Norington, Brad. "Barack Obama's new man in Canberra: Jeff Bleich Archived September 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine." Australian September 12, 2009.
- ^ "Dentons - Jeffrey L. Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia, joins Dentons as Partner". Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ JAMES DONATO, District Judge (May 1, 2019). "IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUS | No. 3:17-md-02801... | 20190503d26". Leagle.com. Retrieved August 12, 2022.