Anne Milgram | |
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| 11thAdministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | |
| In office June 28, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Preston Grubbs Louis J. Milione |
| Preceded by | Michele Leonhart (2015) |
| Succeeded by | Terry Cole |
| 57thAttorney General of New Jersey | |
| In office June 29, 2007 – January 18, 2010 | |
| Governor | Jon Corzine Chris Christie |
| Preceded by | Stuart Rabner |
| Succeeded by | Paula Dow |
| In office Acting: August 31, 2006 – September 26, 2006 | |
| Governor | Jon Corzine |
| Preceded by | Zulima Farber |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Rabner |
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| Born | (1970-12-01)December 1, 1970 (age 55) Perth Amboy,New Jersey, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Rutgers University (BA) Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MPhil) New York University (JD) |
Anne Melissa Milgram (born December 1, 1970) is an American attorney and academic who served as the 11thAdministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from 2021 to 2025. She previously served as the 57thAttorney General ofNew Jersey from 2007 to 2010.[1]
Milgram was born on December 1, 1970, inPerth Amboy, New Jersey.[2] She grew up inEast Brunswick, New Jersey,[3] the daughter of Gail (née Gleason) and William "Bill" Milgram.[4][5] Her mother was a professor atRutgers University, and her father was an engineer.[4] She has one sister Lynn Milgram Mayer who is a college professor.[4]
Milgram served as acongressional page while attendingEast Brunswick High School.[6] She graduatedsumma cum laude fromRutgers University, New Brunswick in 1992 with a degree in English and political science, where she was also a member of theCap and Skull Senior Honor Society. She earned herMaster of Philosophy in social and political theory fromTrinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1993 and subsequently received herJuris Doctor from theNew York University School of Law in 1996.[7]
Milgram clerked forUnited States District Court JudgeAnne Elise Thompson inTrenton, from 1996 to 1997.[7] In 1997, she began her career as anAssistant District Attorney in theManhattan District Attorney's Office. Milgram later worked in the Criminal Section of theCivil Rights Division,United States Department of Justice, where she served as the special litigation counsel for human trafficking and led the department'shuman trafficking prosecutions. Milgram was counsel to SenatorJon Corzine during his final year in the United States Senate.[7]
Milgram became Acting Attorney General on September 1, 2006, following the resignation of former Attorney GeneralZulima Farber.[8] From 2007 to 2010, Milgram served as New Jersey's Attorney General.[9]
In 2007, Milgram announced a partnership with the U.S.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to allow New Jersey to trace the sources of illegal firearms through real-time electronic access to ATF's E-Trace system, a national database that lists a firearm's first purchaser, date of purchase, and the retailer from which the gun was purchased. As Attorney General, Milgram directed all police departments in New Jersey to forward all gun tracing information to E-trace to build a New Jersey database.[10][non-primary source needed]
From 2011-2015, Milgram was head of the Criminal Justice Initiative at theLaura and John Arnold Foundation. She led the creation, development and national implementation of a new pretrial risk assessment tool to provide judges with more information for when they decide whether to release or jail people who have been arrested.[11][12]
From 2013 to 2021, Milgram served as one ofWolf Entertainment's legal advisors, consulting on the hit television seriesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.[13] In this role, she worked with the show's writers, producers, and actors to help portray the courtroom and the country's legal system as accurately as possible.
In July 2017, Milgram joined the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler as special counsel in the tech group and white collar criminal defense practice.[14][15]
Milgram was a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law.[16][when?] In 2020, as part of her work with the Criminal Justice Lab at New York University School of Law, Milgram worked with the city ofIndianapolis.[17]
On April 22, 2021, PresidentJoe Biden formally nominated Milgram to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration[18] On May 26, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before theSenate Judiciary Committee.[19] She was confirmed by the US Senate by unanimous consent on June 24, 2021, and she was sworn in on June 28 byUS Attorney GeneralMerrick B. Garland.
Milgram is married and has a son.[20]
The Senate voted 36 to 1 to confirm Stuart Rabner, who has been attorney general since September 2006 and was Mr. Corzine's chief counsel before that. It also confirmed Anne Milgram, Mr. Rabner's first assistant, to succeed Mr. Rabner as attorney general.
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| Preceded by | 57thAttorney General of New Jersey 2007–2010 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | 11thAdministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration 2021–2025 | Succeeded by |
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