Jennifer Rodgers | |
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| Born | Jennifer Gillum 1970 or 1971 (age 54–55) |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Jennifer Gillum Rodgers (born 1970/1971)[1] is an American attorney and legal analyst atCNN.
Rodgers was born Jennifer Gillum, the daughter of Sharon and Edward R. Gillum, and raised in metropolitanSacramento.[2] Her father was a civil engineer and her mother a high school teacher.[2] Rodgers graduated with a B.A. from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles and a J.D fromUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Law.[3] She clerked for United States District JudgeStanley A. Weigel in the Northern District of California and then worked as an associate in the litigation department ofCravath, Swaine & Moore.[3] In 2000, she joined the United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York[4] where she served as Deputy Chief and Chief of the Organized Crime Unit; and as Deputy Chief and Chief of the General Crimes Unit.[3] In 2012, she was named byUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,Preet Bharara, as Deputy Chief of the Appeals Unit.[4] She served as the Executive Director for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia University until 2018.[5] She is currently a lecturer at theColumbia Law School and serves on its advisory board and as a legal analyst forCNN.[3][6][5]
Rodgers signed a letter saying that PresidentDonald Trump would be charged with obstruction of justice if he were not in office.[7]
In 2020, Rodgers endorsedAlvin Bragg for district attorney of Manhattan and was featured on Bragg's campaign website.[8] She specifically raised his internal ethical policies, stating that there is "very little external oversight of district attorneys."[9]
Ms. Rodgers, 40, joined the Office in 2000 and has served as Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Unit since October 2009.
Our daughter, Jennifer, is married and is a deputy U.S. attorney in Manhattan. She graduated from UCLA and Boalt Hall and right out of law school joined one of New York City's largest law firms. But she wanted to try cases, be a litigator, so she joined the U.S. attorney's office.
Jennifer Rodgers is a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School. Until mid-2018, she was executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School and now serves on its advisory board.
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