Eric R. Dinallo | |
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39th Superintendent of Insurance of New York | |
Personal details | |
Born | August 7, 1963 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Priscilla Almodovar |
Children | 2 |
Residence | New York City |
Alma mater |
New York University School of Law (J.D.) Duke University School of Public Policy (M.A.) Vassar College (B.A.) |
Profession | Attorney |
Website | http://www.debevoise.com/ericdinallo |
Eric R. Dinallo is a partner at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Formerly Superintendent of Insurance for New York State, he was nominated by Governor Eliot Spitzer and confirmed by the New York State Senate on April 18, 2007 as the 39th Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department. On May 28, 2009 he announced his resignation and subsequently left state government service to become a visiting professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. On August 24, 2009, Dinallo announced that he was preparing for a possible campaign for the elected office of New York State Attorney General. He was defeated in the primary on September 14, 2010.
Dinallo graduated from Vassar College in 1985 with a major in Philosophy, and earned a Master's degree from Duke University's School of Public Policy in 1987. He then attended New York University Law School where he was an editor of the New York University Law Review and Essay Editor and a member of the Order of the Coif. He obtained his J.D. in 1990. He then clerked with the Honorable David M. Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit in Denver.
Dinallo lives in Manhattan with his wife, Priscilla Almodovar, where they have two children, Robert and Amelia.