Neil MacBride

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Neil MacBride
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General Counsel of the United States Department of the Treasury
In office
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PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBrian Callanan
Succeeded byBrian Morrisey
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
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PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byChuck Rosenberg
Succeeded byDana Boente
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Schenectady, New York, U.S.
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PartyDemocratic
Houghton College
University of Virginia

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Neil Harvey MacBride (born October 14, 1965) is an American attorney who served as the General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury in the Biden administration. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1] The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed MacBride's nomination as U.S. Attorney on September 15, 2009, and he took office three days later. He left office on September 13, 2013.[2]

Early life and education

MacBride was born in Schenectady, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and the humanities from Houghton University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.[citation needed]

Career

Prior to his appointment by President Barack Obama,[3] MacBride served as an associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice.[4]

MacBride formerly served as vice president, anti-piracy and general counsel, of the Business Software Alliance,[4] where he oversaw global anti-piracy enforcement and copyright policy. Prior to that, he served as staff director and chief counsel to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2001 to 2005. From 1996 to 2001, MacBride was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.[4] Before his stint in public service, MacBride practiced law with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. He also served as a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. in the Eastern District of Virginia.

He is a barrister with the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court and serves on the board of advisors of the Center on Law & Security at New York University.

He was the lead prosecutor in the Megaupload controversy.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

In November 2020, MacBride was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of Justice.[11]

Nomination to be general counsel

On June 3, 2021, President Biden nominated MacBride to be the next general counsel of the Department of the Treasury.[12] The Senate's Finance Committee held hearings on his nomination on September 22, 2021. On December 16, 2021, the committee voted to favorably report his nomination to the Senate floor.[13] On February 9, 2022, the entire Senate confirmed MacBride's nomination by a vote of 61–33.[14] He was sworn in on February 22, 2022.[15] He resigned in June 2024.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Davis Polk Welcomes Former U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride". November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jennifer Koons (August 22, 2013). "Eastern Va. U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride Stepping Down". Main Justice. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCullagh, Declan (January 23, 2009). "Obama picks BSA's antipiracy enforcer for high-level post | Politics and Law - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."United States Attorney's Office - Welcome to the Eastern District of Virginia". Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Megaupload: U.S. Government Trying to Rewrite the Rules". July 19, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Zealand's High Court Steps Into Extradition Fight Over Kim Dotcom". June 15, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Government trying to deny Megaupload fair legal representation". April 15, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Megaupload says US trying to change rules to allow prosecution". April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Retired judge joins fight against DoJ's "outrageous" Megaupload seizures". June 14, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NZ spies knew Kim Dotcom shouldn't have been spied on, did it anyway". May 19, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Archived from the original on August 28, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. June 3, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PN615 – Neil Harvey MacBride – Department of the Treasury 117th Congress (2021–2022)". US Congress. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."On the Nomination (Confirmation: Neil Harvey MacBride, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury)". US Senate. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Neil H. MacBride". United States Department of the Treasury. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."3 Things To Know About The US Treasury's Exiting GC". Law360. Retrieved July 19, 2024.

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