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Harry Litman graduated in 1986 from the University of California Schoolof Law

Harry Litman graduated in 1986 from the University of California School ofLaw (Boalt Hall), where he was editor-in-chief of the California Law Review.Before law school and while a law student, Mr. Litman worked as a sportswriterfor Associated Press. Following law school, Mr. Litman served as a law clerk toJudge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; JusticeThurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court; and Justice AnthonyKennedy of the United States Supreme Court.

After working in private practice in Pittsburgh, Mr. Litman in 1990 became anAssistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California (SanFrancisco). From 1993 until 1998, he served as a Deputy Assistant AttorneyGeneral in the Department of Justice, with responsibility for issues ofconstitutional law and prosecutorial policy. He was simultaneously a SpecialAssistant United States Attorney litigating federal cases in the EasternDistrict of Virginia.

From 1998 to 2001, following nomination by the President and unanimousconfirmation by the Senate, Mr. Litman served as the United States Attorney forthe Western District of Pennsylvania. As United States Attorney, he launched anddirected a number of law-enforcement initiatives, while overseeing a 20 percentincrease in federal prosecutions and personally litigating cases in both thedistrict court and the court of appeals. In July 2000, Mr. Litman was nominatedby the President to a federal judgeship on the U.S. District Court for theWestern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Litman has been an adjunct professor at the University of CaliforniaSchool of Law (Boalt Hall), the Georgetown Law Center and the University ofPittsburgh Law School, and an instructor at the Department of Justice AdvocacyInstitute.

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