Loretta Elizabeth Lynch is an American lawyer who served as the 83rd attorney general of the United States from 2015 to 2017. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Holder and previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001), George W. Bush (2001) and Obama (2010–2015). As a U.S. attorney, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island.
Official portrait, 2015
Lynch in the Oval Office following the San Bernardino shooting, December 2015
Lynch lecturing to Dutch ministers on EU-US cooperation at Leiden University, 1 June 2016
Lynch lecturing to Dutch ministers on EU-US cooperation at Leiden University, 1 June 2016
United States Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.
United States Attorney General
Image: Ed Rand
Image: William Bradford, AG
Image: Levi Lincoln, Sr