Markenzy Lapointe | |
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | |
Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Ariana Fajardo Orshan Juan Gonzalez (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Port-au-Prince,Haiti |
Education | Florida State University (BS,JD) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Unit | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
Markenzy Lapointe is an American lawyer who serves as United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida since January 2023.
Lapointe was born in Port-au-Prince,Haiti. Lapointe moved to Miami with his family at the age of 16.[ citation needed ] After graduating from Miami Edison Senior High School in 1987,he attended Miami Dade College and joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the Florida State University in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law in 1999. [1]
From 1999 to 2001,he worked as a law clerk for Florida Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Anstead. From 2002 to 2006,he served as an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Lapointe was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as partner in 2017. [2]
On September 15,2022,President Joe Biden nominated Lapointe to be the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida. [2] [3] On December 1,2022,his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote. [4] On December 6,2022,his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. [5] He was sworn in on January 9,2023,by Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga. [6]
Lapointe is multilingual,speaking English,Creole and French.[ citation needed ]
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