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| Affiliation | Republican |
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2017-05-31 |
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| Name | R. Alexander Acosta |
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Miami, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 16, 1969
(55 years)
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Modifed | IndyGeorgia
Nov 30, 2017 07:08pm |
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| Info | R. Alexander Acosta has served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida since May 2005.
Prior to his appointment as United States Attorney, Mr. Acosta served as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Mr. Acosta was the first Hispanic to serve as an Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice. The Civil Rights Division is responsible for enforcing federal civil rights statutes, including those statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, sex, handicap, religion, and national origin in education, employment, credit, housing, public accommodations and facilities, voting, and certain federally funded and conducted programs.
Prior to his service as Assistant Attorney General, Mr. Acosta served as a Senate-confirmed Member of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"), an independent federal agency responsible for administering and interpreting the National Labor Relations Act, the principal national statute regulating private-sector labor relations.
A native of Miami, Florida, Mr. Acosta attended the Gulliver Schools in Miami. He earned his degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He then worked at the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Kirkland and Ellis. Mr. Acosta has also taught several classes at the George Mason School of Law.
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