Henry Kerner is an American lawyer who serves as the Special Counsel in the

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Biography

Kerner received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in history from the

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, before obtaining his J.D. at

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in 1992. He spent 18 years as a prosecutor in California before becoming staff director for U.S. Senator

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at the

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. In 2011, Kerner joined the

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, working beneath Under Chairman

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and Chairman

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. Kerner went on to become Assistant Vice President for Investigations at the small-government advocacy organization Cause of Action Institute. In June 2017, President

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nominated Kerner to become Special Counsel at the

. He was confirmed by the 115th Congress with final voting from the U.S. Senate in October 2017.

References

External links

Biography at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel
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"Newly Installed Special Counsel Wants to Adjudicate Cases More Swiftly"
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