Barbara Underwood

Barbara Underwood
Solicitor General of New York
Assumed office
January 1, 2007
GovernorEliot Spitzer
David Paterson
Andrew Cuomo
Kathy Hochul
Preceded byCaitlin Halligan
66th Attorney General of New York
In office
May 8, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Acting: May 8, 2018 – May 22, 2018
GovernorAndrew Cuomo
Preceded byEric Schneiderman
Succeeded byLetitia James
Solicitor General of the United States
Acting
January 20, 2001 – June 11, 2001
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded bySeth P. Waxman
Succeeded byTheodore Olson
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office
March 23, 1998 – June 11, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded bySeth P. Waxman
Succeeded byPaul Clement
Personal details
Born (1944-08-16) August 16, 1944 (age 80)
Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Martin Halpern
(m. 1985)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Barbara Dale Underwood (born August 16, 1944) is an American lawyer serving as the solicitor general of New York. She was first appointed to the position in January 2007 by Andrew Cuomo, who was then serving as the state's attorney general. Underwood was reappointed in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Underwood herself served briefly as the attorney general of New York upon Schneiderman's resignation from the position on May 8, 2018. She declined to seek the office in the 2018 New York state elections, and resumed the position of Solicitor General after Letitia James was sworn in to succeed her on January 1, 2019. Underwood was the first woman to serve as Attorney General of New York.