Mark Filip
Mark Filip | |
|---|---|
| Acting United States Attorney General | |
| In office January 20, 2009 – February 3, 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael Mukasey |
| Succeeded by | Eric Holder |
| 33rd United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office March 10, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Paul McNulty |
| Succeeded by | David W. Ogden |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
| In office February 8, 2004 – March 9, 2008 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Harry Leinenweber |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Johnson Coleman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Robert Filip June 1, 1966 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University 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. From 2004 until 2008, Filip served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 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).