Eric Holder biography

[December 01, 2008]  (AP)

NAME -- Eric Himpton Holder Jr.

AGE; BIRTH DATE; LOCATION -- 57; Jan. 21, 1951; New York, N.Y.

EXPERIENCE -- Senior legal adviser, Obama campaign, 2007-2008; partner, Covington & Burling LLP, 2001-present; acting U.S. attorney general, 2001; U.S. deputy attorney general, 1997-2001; U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1993-1997; associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1988-1993; trial attorney for the Justice Department's public integrity section, 1976-1988.

EDUCATION -- B.A., Columbia University, 1973; J.D., Columbia University, 1976.

FAMILY -- Wife, Sharon Malone; three children.

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