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Michael Chertoff Biography

Michael Chertoff is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on November 28, 1953 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Michael Chertoff was conceived in Elizabeth, New Jersey on November 28, 1953. His father was Rabbi Gershon Buch Chertoff (1915-1996), a Talmud scholar who was also the former leader of Congregation B’nai Israel, Elizabeth. His mother is Livia Chertoff, nee Eisen, an Israeli citizen who was the first flight attendant at El Al. His paternal grandparents were Esther Barish Chertoff Chertoff, and Rabbi Paul Chertoff.

Chertoff, along with Rudolph Giuliani (United States Attorney for Southern District of New York), was instrumental in the September 1986 crackdown against organized crime in Mafia Commission Trial.

Chertoff was asked to stay in his position when the Clinton administration took office in 1993, at the request of Democratic Senator Bill Bradley. He was the only United States Attorney who was not replaced due to the change in administrations. He continued to work with the U.S. Attorney’s office until 1994, when he entered private practice, returning to Latham & Watkins as a partner.

In 1993, he was a prosecutor in the fraud case against Eddie Antar, founder of the Crazy Eddie’s electronics store chain.

From 1980 to 1983, he was a private practitioner with Latham & Watkins before being hired by Rudolph Giuliani as a prosecutor. Rudolph Giuliani was then the United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. Chertoff was involved in Mafia-related cases and corruption-related matters. Chertoff, who had been with Latham & Watkins since the mid-1990s for a short time, founded the Newark office of the firm in New Jersey.

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On March 5, 2003, Chertoff was nominated by President Bush to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by Morton I. Greenberg. He was confirmed by the Senate 88–1 on June 9, 2003, with Senator Hillary Clinton of New York casting the lone dissenting vote; he received his commission the following day. Senator Clinton said that she had dissented to register her protest for the way Chertoff’s staff mistreated junior White House staffers during the Whitewater investigation.

Michael Chertoff Net Worth

Michael Chertoff is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Chertoff's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Michael Chertoff, born November 28, 1953, is an American lawyer. He was the second Secretary of Homeland Security in the United States. He is the co-author the USA PATRIOT Act. He was previously a United States Circuit Judge of United States Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit. On February 15, 2005, he succeeded Tom Ridge to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Chertoff was a student at the Elizabeth Jewish Educational Center and the Pingry School. In 1975, he graduated from Harvard College with his Bachelor of Arts degree. He spent his second year abroad at the London School of Economics and Political Science. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he was a research assistant to John Hart Ely. He worked on the book Democracy and Distrust. Chertoff was awarded a Juris Doctor magna laude in 1978. He then worked as a law clerk for Judge Murray Gurfein of The United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and later, for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., of the United States Supreme Court, from 1979 to 1980.

In 1990, Chertoff was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Among his most important cases, in 1992 Chertoff achieved conviction of second-term Jersey City mayor Gerald McCann on charges of defrauding money from a savings and loan scam. McCann served two years in federal prison.

In late 2004, Bernard Kerik was forced to decline President Bush’s offer to replace Tom Ridge, the outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security. After a lengthy search to find a suitable replacement, Bush nominated Chertoff to the post in January 2005, citing his experience with post-9/11 terror legislation. He was unanimously approved for the position by the United States Senate on February 15, 2005.

In September 2007, Chertoff told a House committee that the DHS would not tolerate interference by sanctuary cities that would block the “Basic Pilot Program,” which requires some types of employers to validate the legal status of their workers. He said that the DHS was exploring its legal options and intended to take action to prevent any interference with the law.

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In 2000, Chertoff worked as special counsel to the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee, investigating racial profiling in New Jersey. He also did some fundraising for George W. Bush and other Republicans during the 2000 election cycle. He advised Bush’s presidential campaign on criminal justice issues. Chertoff was appointed by Bush to head the criminal division of the Department of Justice, serving from 2001 to 2003. He led the federal prosecution’s case against suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui.

In 2008 it was reported that the residential housekeeping company Chertoff had hired to clean his house employed illegal immigrants.

Who is Michael Chertoff Dating?

According to our records, Michael Chertoff married to Meryl Chertoff . As of December 1, 2023, Michael Chertoff’s is not dating anyone.

Chertoff was the Bush administration’s point man for pushing the comprehensive immigration reform bill, a measure that stalled in the Senate in June 2007.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Chertoff celebrates birthday on November 28 of every year.

In April 2008, Chertoff was criticized in The New York Times editorial for waiving the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and other environmental protection legislation to construct a 700-mile (1,100 km) fence along the Mexico–United States border. The Times wrote: “To the long list of things the Bush administration is willing to trash in its rush to appease immigration hard-liners, you can now add dozens of important environmental laws and hundreds of thousands of acres of fragile habitat on the southern border.”

Where is Michael Chertoff now?

Secretary Chertoff is now senior counsel at Covington & Burling LLP and Chairman of the Chertoff Group, a cybersecurity consultancy. He shares his views on the post-Covid world, including how changed patterns of work may place new demands on infrastructure and cybersecurity.

What does the Chertoff Group DO?

The Chertoff Group is a global advisory services firm that applies security expertise, technology insights and policy intelligence to help clients build resilient organizations, gain competitive advantage and accelerate growth.

Who was the 1st secretary of Homeland Security?

Tom Ridge, byname of Thomas Joseph Ridge, (born August 26, 1945, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American politician who was governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001) and who later served as the first director of the Office of Homeland Security (2001–03) and the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (2003–05).

Who was the second secretary of Homeland Security?

On February 15, 2005, Michael Chertoff became the second Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

How old is Michael Chernoff?

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