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Markenzy Lapointe
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byAriana Fajardo Orshan
Juan Gonzalez (acting)
Personal details
BornPort-au-Prince, Haiti
EducationFlorida State University (BS, JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
UnitUnited 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.

Early life and education

Lapointe was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Lapointe moved to Miami with his family at the age of 16. 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.

Career

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.

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. On December 1, 2022, his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote. On December 6, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. He was sworn in on January 9, 2023, by Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga.

Personal life

Lapointe is multilingual, speaking English, Creole and French.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Recognition

Lapointe was awarded not only the Daily Business Review’s Most Effective Attorney Award and the Put Something Back’s 2010 Pro Bono Award, due to his work reuniting a Haitian baby with her family in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

References

  1. "Markenzy Lapointe: Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP | Attoreny at Law Magazine". 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  2. "Milestone for Miami: First Haitian-American nominee for U.S. attorney named by Biden". MSN. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. ^ "President Biden Announces Three New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  4. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 15, 2022.
  5. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  6. "PN2640 — Markenzy Lapointe — Department of Justice". congress.gov. September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  7. "Markenzy Lapointe Swears Oath of Office as South Florida United States Attorney". United States Department of Justice. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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