Mythili Raman is a Tamil American lawyer and the former acting Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice's Criminal Division.
Mythili Raman | |
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| Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | |
| In office March 1, 2013 – May 15, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Lanny Breuer |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Caldwell |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago Law School (JD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Early life and family
editMythili is the daughter of Athishdam Tharmaratnam and grand daughter of C. Loganathan, former general manager of the Bank of Ceylon.[1] Her parents are originally from Vadamarachchi in northern Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Mythili graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1991 with a BA degree.[3] She attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with an honors JD degree in 1994.[3]
Career
editMythili's legal career started as a law clerk for Francis Dominic Murnaghan, Jr., federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[3] She joined the United States Department of Justice in 1996 as a trial attorney in the Criminal Division's Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section.[3] She was Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland between 1999 and 2008.[3] In 2006 she was temporarily assigned to the Deputy Attorney General's office as Senior Counsel.[3]
Mythili joined the Criminal Division in August 2008 as Acting Chief of Staff.[3] She was Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff from September 2, 2009, to March 1, 2013.[3] She was appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division on March 1, 2013.[3]
Mythili is currently a partner at Covington & Burling, where she co-chairs the firm's white collar defense and investigations practice group.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Acting US Assistant AG has Lankan roots". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Rising star in U.S. Justice". TamilNet. 18 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Meet the AAG". United States Department of Justice.
- ^ "Covington & Burling LLP | Mythili Raman". www.cov.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.