Profile: Michael B. Mukasey

Age

66; born 1941 in New York City

Education

LL.B., 1967, Yale Law School

A.B., 1963, Columbia College, Columbia University

Experience

Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler: 2006-present

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York 1988-2006 (chief judge, 2000-06)

Associate/partner, Patterson Belknap: 1976-88

Assistant U.S. attorney, criminal division, Southern District of New York: 1972-76

Associate, Webster Sheffield Fleischmann Hitchcock & Brookfield: 1967-72

Family

Wife: Susan

Children: Marc Mukasey and Jessica Barkoff

Sources: Associated Press, Who’s Who in America, Times research