Article
What Can We Expect from Loretta Lynch?
Article
What Can We Expect from Loretta Lynch?
July 6, 2015
This article originally appeared in the National Law Journal and is reprinted with permission from the publication. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the author’s opinions only.
When Loretta Lynch was confirmed in April as the 83rd attorney general of the United States and the first African-American female attorney general, onlookers posed the question whether she would follow in the footsteps and areas of emphasis of her predecessor, Eric Holder, or whether she would signal a change in national enforcement priorities and policies. Although only in her first few months in office, Lynch has already both aligned herself with some of Holder’s policies and simultaneously taken steps that suggest a change in enforcement under her leadership.