Geoffrey Berman
Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. On June 20, 2020, Attorney General William Barr announced that President Donald Trump had fired him, but Trump later said he was not involved, saying "we have a very capable attorney general, so that's really up to him " Berman announced his immediate departure that day.
Berman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1990 to 1994. In January 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Berman's appointment as interim U.S. Attorney for a statutory period of 120 days. On April 25, 2018, the judges of the Southern District of New York, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546(d), unanimously appointed Berman U.S. Attorney for an indeterminate term that expired "until the vacancy is filled", which may or may not include the appointment of a presidential nominee approved by the Senate.
On June 19, 2020, Attorney General William Barr announced that he would replace Berman on July 3, with New Jersey U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito serving as interim while the Senate considered Jay Clayton, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as his replacement. Hours later, Berman stated that he had not resigned and would not resign until "a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate." As Berman was appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d) and is hence a judicially appointed acting official, it was unclear whether the Attorney General could remove Berman as U.S. Attorney without a Senate-confirmed successor. At the time that Trump and Barr sought his ouster, Berman was reportedly investigating Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani for multiple felonies relating to his activities in Ukraine
Berman, a native of Trenton, New Jersey, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He then studied law at Stanford University, where he obtained a Juris Doctor in 1984. During law school, he was the Note Editor of the Stanford Law Review
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