Eric T Schneiderman

Eric T. Schneiderman was elected the 65th Attorney General of New York State on November 2, 2010. He abruptly resigned May 7 2018 hours after the accusations were published in an article by The New Yorker. The Attorney General previously spent 15 years in private practice as an attorney, and later as a partner, at the firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, where he handled complex litigation. He was also a public interest lawyer for many years, representing taxpayers in historic lawsuits against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), tenants trying to evict drug dealers from their buildings, and women seeking access to health clinics. Attorney General Schneiderman graduated from Amherst College in 1977 and Harvard Law School in 1982. He is the proud father of a daughter, Catherine.