John Cummings Anderson (born 1975) is an American attorney who served as the

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for the

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from 2018 to 2021.

Early life and education

Anderson was born and raised in

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. He earned an AB in Philosophy from

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

, and spent a year abroad at the

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. He earned a

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from the

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, serving as a clerk for

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of the

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Career

After earning his undergraduate degree, Anderson spent two years as a teacher at

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. He also worked as a summer intern at the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law in

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. After graduating from law school, Anderson was of counsel at Holland & Hart in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

. Anderson's legal practice focused on litigation and government investigations. From 2008 to 2013, he was an

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for the District of New Mexico. Before that, Anderson worked as a litigation associate at

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. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Anderson prosecuted a number of individuals in high-profile political scandals in New Mexico. He prosecuted Governor

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's former campaign manager for intercepting Martinez's emails and he prosecuted a Democratic political consultant who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. On February 15, 2018, his nomination to be the

was confirmed by

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. He was sworn into office on February 23, 2018. He resigned on January 2, 2021.

References

External links

Biography at U.S. Department of Justice

Biography at the National Law Review
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