Markenzy Lapointe | |
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | |
Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by |
Ariana Fajardo Orshan Juan Gonzalez (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56)
[1] Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
Education | Florida State University ( BS, JD) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Unit | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
Markenzy Lapointe (born 1968) is an American lawyer who serves as United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida since January 2023.
Lapointe was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Lapointe moved to Miami with his family at the age of 16.[ citation needed] After graduating from Miami Edison Senior High School in 1987, he attended Miami Dade College and joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the Florida State University in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law in 1999. [2]
From 1999 to 2001, he worked as a law clerk for Florida Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Anstead. From 2002 to 2006, he served as an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Lapointe was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as partner in 2017. [3]
On September 15, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Lapointe to be the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida. [3] [4] On December 1, 2022, his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote. [5] On December 6, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. [6] He was sworn in on January 9, 2023, by Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga. [7]
Lapointe is multilingual, speaking English, Creole and French.[ citation needed]