Jamie S. Gorelick

Jamie S. Gorelick

American lawyer

Jamie Shona Gorelick (born May 6, 1950) is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration. She has been a partner at WilmerHale since 2003 and has served on the board of directors of Amazon since February 2012.2

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Born May 6, 1950.1

About

Gorelick served on British Petroleum's Advisory Council, as their top legal counsel after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She was appointed by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the September 11 attacks, and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedWilliam A. Shine Great Neck South High School3
  • Date not recordedRadcliffe College Bachelor of Arts3
  • Date not recordedHarvard Law School Juris Doctor3

Gorelick was born in Brooklyn, New York City to Leonard and Shirley Gorelick, and grew up in Great Neck, New York, in a Jewish family. She attended Great Neck South High School, graduating in 1968. She went on to receive a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1975.

Gorelick was president of the District of Columbia Bar from 1992 to 1993.

She is a law partner in the Washington office of WilmerHale and a member of the boards of Amazon.com, United Technologies Corporation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless and Legal Affairs.

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Lawyer for Duke University

Gorelick was added in February 2008 to Duke University's defense team after the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case scandal. The University faced claims by unaccused members of the team that they "railroaded 47 Duke University students as either principals or accomplices." Gorelick and her law firm left the defense team in July 2011 after Judge Beatty denied Duke's motions to dismiss and let the lawsuits proceed in April.

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Career

Occupation: lawyer.7

  • Since 2012Board member, Amazon5
  • Since 2004Board member, Urban Institute4
  • 1994 to 1997United States Deputy Attorney General6
  • 1993 to 1994General Counsel of the Department of Defense6

Personal life

  • BornMay 6, 1950, Brooklyn8
  • CitizenshipUnited States9

Philanthropy

Gorelick has served on the boards of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Urban Institute, the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She was elected to The American Law Institute in 1987.

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Awards

  • 1997Margaret Brent Award10 11

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