Black PR Wire Power Profiler on Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General

Loretta Lynch is a scholar, leader and legal professional who is making history and breaking down today's barriers.

Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, to librarian and Baptist pastor, Lynch came from a household who was very involved with the Civil Rights Movement. In 1981, Lynch earned a bachelor's degree in literature from Harvard University and then earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984.

Upon graduating, Lynch went on to worked as a litigator at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel until 1990. She then took on government positions as prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney team of New York's Eastern District, chief of the Long Island Office and top assistant to U.S. Attorney Zachary Carter.

In 1999, Lynch was appointed by President Clinton as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and was reappointed by President Obama in 2010. On November 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Lynch to succeed Eric Holder, who had recently announced his intent to step down from the post as attorney general. On April 23, 2015, Lynch was confirmed by Senate and became the first African-American woman to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General.