Reply #9: And his son, Marc Mukasey, was a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani

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July 21, 2006, 1:56 pm
Judge Michael Mukasey to Join Patterson Belknap
Posted by Peter Lattman
Judge Michael Mukasey, the chief judge of the Southern District of New York, is hanging up his robe to re-join Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as a partner in September, the firm announced today. Judge Mukasey, 65 years old next week, is scheduled to assume senior status at the end of the month.

“If I’m going to do something else at any point in my career, now would be the time to do it,” said Judge Mukasey in an interview with the Law Blog. Citing financial considerations as a factor, Judge Mukasey added: “My family has been very supportive of my career as judge, and now I’m returning the favor.”

As a federal judge Mukasey earns roughly $165,000 per year; the average partner at Patterson, according to the American Lawyer’s most recent survey, earns more than $1 million.

Judge Mukasey (Columbia College, Yale Law School) first joined Patterson Belknap in 1976 following a stint as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District. He was nominated to the bench by President Reagan in 1988 and has presided over a number of high-profile cases, including the terrorist trial of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and the recent the dispute between Larry Silverstein and insurers related to the World Trade Center site.

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Presumably, Judge Mukasey won’t be using his Patterson paychecks to support son Marc Mukasey, a former Southern District prosecutor and white-collar defense partner at Bracewell & Giuliani in New York. The Law Blog asked Marc why he wasn’t able to recruit his pops to come work with him and his partner, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/07/21/judge-michael-mukasey-to-join-patterson-belknap/