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James P. Kennedy Jr. is an American attorney who served as the
United States Attorney for the Western District of New York The United States Attorney for the Western District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in seventeen New York (state), New York counties: Allegany County, New York, Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua ...
from 2017 to 2021.


Education

Kennedy received his
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from Hamilton College and received his
Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
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from the University at Buffalo Law School in 1988 while serving as Editor of the '' Buffalo Law Review''.


Legal career

After graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judges Michael F. Dillon and M. Dolores Denman of the
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division The Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court of the State of New York are the intermediate appellate courts in New York State. There are four Appellate Divisions, one in each of the state's four Judicial Departments (e.g., the full title of the ...
. In 1992, he was hired as an
Assistant United States Attorney An assistant United States attorney (AUSA) is an official career civil service position in the U.S. Department of Justice composed of lawyers working under the U.S. Attorney of each U.S. federal judicial district. They represent the federal gove ...
and in 1993 became an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Attorney, prosecuting narcotics, violent crime and police corruption cases. In 2004 he became the appellate chief for the district. In 2006, he became the Chief of the White Collar General Crimes unit, and in 2007, he was promoted to Criminal Chief for the Western District of New York. In April 2010, he was selected by the United States Attorney
William J. Hochul Jr. William J. Hochul Jr. (born April 1, 1959) is an American lawyer who served as United States attorney for the Western District of New York from 2010 to 2016. Hochul has been the first gentleman of New York since August 2021, when his wife, Kat ...
to be First Assistant U.S. Attorney.


Appointment as U.S. Attorney

On October 29, 2016, he was designated Acting United States Attorney. On November 17, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Kennedy to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of New York. He left office on October 11, 2021, when his successor was sworn into office.


References

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