Eric Schneiderman
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| 65th Attorney General of New York | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2011 |
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| Governor | Andrew Cuomo |
| Preceded by | Andrew Cuomo |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 31st district |
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In office January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Efrain Gonzalez |
| Succeeded by | Adriano Espaillat |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 30th district |
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In office January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Franz Leichter |
| Succeeded by | David Paterson |
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Eric Tradd Schneiderman December 31, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Cunningham (Divorced) |
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Amherst College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Eric Tradd Schneiderman (born December 31, 1954) is an American attorney and politician. He serves as the 65th and current New York Attorney General, having been elected in 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Prior to becoming Attorney General, Schneiderman served for a decade in the New York State Senate, being elected five times to consecutive two-year terms, even after his district was redrawn in 2002 by the Republican-dominated state senate. Among his priorities was seeking change to mandatory, long-term prison sentences for relatively minor offenses, working for rehabilitation, education and return of people to the communities.
Schneiderman was born to a Jewish family in New York City; he is the son of Abigail Heyward and Irwin Schneiderman, a lawyer. He graduated from the Trinity School in New York City in 1972 and Amherst College in 1977. He then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1982.
Schneiderman served as a judicial clerk for two years within the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and subsequently joined the international law firm Kirkpatrick and Lockhart LLP (now known as K&L Gates), where he became partner.
Schneiderman later became a public interest attorney, serving for more than a decade as counsel to the West Side Crime Prevention program, and as lead counsel to the Straphangers Campaign's lawsuit against New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Schneiderman was elected to represent the 31st District in the New York State Senate. This comprises Manhattan's Upper West Side, as well as Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill, in addition to part of Riverdale, The Bronx.
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