Linda Singer

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Linda Singer (born September 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American attorney. She was the Washington, D.C. Attorney General from January 2, 2007 to January 5, 2008,[1] and developed initiatives against gun violence.[2]

Education and career

Singer is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (B.A. 1988) and Harvard Law School (J.D. 1991) where she was a leader of student protests on discrimination in hiring on the Harvard Law School faculty.[3][4]

She was a staff attorney in of the Legal Aid Society of New York's Criminal Defense Division. She became the executive director of the Appleseed Foundation, and served in this post for 13 years.[5]

She became a partner with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC in New York in 2009.[6]

References

  1. ^ Nakamura, David; Leonnig, Carol D. (2007-12-18). "Attorney General Quits; Clash With Fenty Aide Cited". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. ^ Rizo, Chris (2008-06-18). "Singer to join DC law firm". Legal Newsline. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. ^ Boykin, Keith. "Barack Obama, Fellow Blacks and Harvard Law". The New Black Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  4. ^ Paul Langner, Jan. 30, 1992 Boston Globe
  5. ^ Reynolds, Julie (October 2007). "A Conversation With D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer". DC Bar, Washington Lawyer. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  6. ^ "Professionals - Linda Singer, Partner". Cohen Milstein. Retrieved 2015-10-15.