Mark Filip

Mark Filip
United States Attorney General
Acting
January 20, 2009 – February 3, 2009
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMichael Mukasey
Succeeded byEric Holder
33rd United States Deputy Attorney General
In office
March 10, 2008 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPaul McNulty
Succeeded byDavid W. Ogden
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office
February 8, 2004 – March 9, 2008
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byHarry Leinenweber
Succeeded bySharon Johnson Coleman
Personal details
Born
Mark Robert Filip

(1966-06-01) June 1, 1966 (age 58)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA)
Christ Church, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Mark Robert Filip (born June 1, 1966) is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Formerly a partner at Skadden, Arps, he currently practices in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland and Ellis.[1] From 2004 until 2008, Filip served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.[2] As the George W. Bush administration ended, Filip served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and as the Barack Obama administration began he briefly served as acting attorney general (from January 20, 2009, to February 3, 2009).[3]

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