Michael Murray (attorney)

Michael F. Murray is an American attorney. When at Jones Day law firm, he served as Supreme Court law clerk for Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy from 2013 to 2014.[1] He previously clerked for Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2009, he graduated from Yale Law School.

In January 2017, he was appointed Counsel to the United States Deputy Attorney General.[2][3] As of June 2017, he was leading a "mysterious" subcommittee determining the future United States response to state cannabis laws, reported to be reconsidering implementation of the Cole Memorandum.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ David Lat (February 15, 2013), "Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch", Above the Law
  2. ↑ David Lat (January 19, 2017), "Jones Day In The (White) House: The Biglaw Firm Fills Top Jobs In The Trump Administration", Above the Law
  3. ↑ Marcia Coyle and C. Ryan Barber (January 20, 2017), "12 Jones Day Lawyers Take Key Posts in Trump Administration", The National Law Journal
  4. ↑ Steven Nelson (June 6, 2017), "DOJ's Mysterious Marijuana Subcommittee: Few details have emerged about a potentially influential review", US News
  5. ↑ Steven Nelson (July 13, 2017), "Federal Pot Policy in Hands of Little-Known DOJ Official: A proposal on what to do about state-legal pot is due in two weeks", US News
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