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James O’Neill 212-854-2650  Cell: 646-596-2935

 

September 17, 2007 (NEW YORK) – Former federal and state prosecutors are among those on the Columbia Law School faculty who can speak today with reporters working on stories about President Bush’s plans to nominate former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as U.S. attorney general.

 

James E. Tierney, the former attorney general of Maine and currently director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School, can be reached at 207-837-1877 or jtiern@law.columbia.edu. at Columbia Law School, can be reached at

Daniel Richman, Professor of Law, can be reached at drichm@law.columbia.edu or 212-854-9370. Prof. Richman is former Chief Appellate Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1987-1992 and Consultant, Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, 1997-2000. or . Prof. Richman is former Chief Appellate Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1987-1992 and Consultant, Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, 1997-2000.

Michael Dorf, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, can be reached at michael.dorf@law.columbia.edu or 212-854-2672. A constitutional law expert, his most recent book is ``No Litmus Test: Law and Politics in the Twenty-First Century,’’ (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006). He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. He comments on current legal issues on his blog, Dorf on Law, at www.michaeldorf.org. or . A constitutional law expert, his most recent book is ``No Litmus Test: Law and Politics in the Twenty-First Century,’’ (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006). He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. He comments on current legal issues on his blog, Dorf on Law, at .

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