New York City Born Eric Himpton Holder Jr Former Attorney General who served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before being appointed by President Bill Clinton as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and subsequently Deputy Attorney General. While U.S. Attorney, he prosecuted Congressman Dan Rostenkowski for corruption charges related to his role in the Congressional Post Office scandal.
Following the Clinton administration, he worked at the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., representing the firm’s multinational corporate clients in litigation. He was a senior legal advisor to Barack Obama during Obama’s presidential campaign and one of three members of Obama’s vice-presidential selection committee. Holder was a close ally and confidant of Obama’s and was selected as President Obama’s first Attorney General.
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a Sept. 4 news conference at the Justice Department in Washington.
Who is Eric Holder Jr father?
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. was born in The Bronx, New York, to parents with roots in Barbados. Holder’s father, Eric Hampton Holder Sr. (October 29, 1903 – February 12, 1998), was born in Saint Joseph, Barbados, and arrived in the United States at the age of 11. He later became a real estate broker.
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