Markenzy_Lapointe
Markenzy Lapointe
American lawyer
Markenzy Lapointe (born 1968) is an American lawyer who serves as United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida since January 2023.
Markenzy Lapointe | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1968 (age 55–56)[1] Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Education | Florida State University (BS, JD) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Marine Corps |
| Unit | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
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.[2]
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.[3]
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida
On September 15, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Lapointe to be the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida.[3][4] On December 1, 2022, his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote.[5] On December 6, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[6] He was sworn in on January 9, 2023, by Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga.[7]
Lapointe is multilingual, speaking English, Creole and French.[citation needed]
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- "Milestone for Miami: First Haitian-American nominee for U.S. attorney named by Biden". MSN. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- "President Biden Announces Three New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 15, 2022.
- "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- "PN2640 — Markenzy Lapointe — Department of Justice". congress.gov. September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- "Markenzy Lapointe Swears Oath of Office as South Florida United States Attorney". United States Department of Justice. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.