Caitlin Halligan
| Caitlin Halligan | |
|---|---|
| Solicitor General of New York | |
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In office September 24, 2001 – January 1, 2007 |
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| Governor | George Pataki |
| Preceded by | Preeta Bansal |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Underwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 14, 1966 Xenia, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Georgetown University |
Caitlin Joan Halligan (born December 14, 1966) is a lawyer who is the former general counsel for the Manhattan district attorney's office. She served as Solicitor General for the state of New York from 2001 until 2007. President Barack Obama nominated her several times to fill a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but the U.S. Senate did not vote directly on the nomination, and in March 2013 the President withdrew the nomination at her request.
Halligan was born in Xenia, Ohio on December 14, 1966.
Halligan earned an A.B. cum laude in 1988 from Princeton University and a J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995. She was the managing editor of the Georgetown Law Journal (1994–1995).
Before law school, Halligan served as a legislative aide for U.S. Rep. William Vollie Alexander, Jr., and as a policy associate at Georgians for Children, a non-profit organization devoted to improving state policies for families and children. Halligan also taught writing, American history, and American literature at a university in Wuhan, China, through the Princeton in Asia program.
After law school, Halligan served as a law clerk first for United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Patricia Wald and then for United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
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