Robert K. Hur

Robert Kyoung Hur (born 1973)[2] is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021. Previously, he also served as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General with the U.S. Department of Justice. On January 12, 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to the role of Special Counsel responsible for investigating President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents found at Biden's home and at the Penn Biden Center, two months after Garland appointed Jack Smith to investigate Donald Trump's role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack and his handling of government documents.

Rob Hur
Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice
Assumed office
January 12, 2023
Appointed byMerrick Garland
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland
In office
April 9, 2018 – February 15, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byRod Rosenstein
Succeeded byErek Barron
Personal details
Born1973 (age 49–50)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Stanford University (JD)

Early life and education

Hur was born in New York City to South Korean parents, Haesook Hur, an office manager, and Young Hur, an anesthesiologist.[2] He attended Harvard School for Boys (now Harvard-Westlake School) in Los Angeles, California. [3]

Hur studied English and American literature at Harvard University, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude with high honors. From 1995 to 1996, Hur did graduate study in philosophy at King's College, Cambridge University. After two years with the Boston Consulting Group, he attended Stanford Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Stanford Law Review and won the school's Kirkwood Moot Court Competition. He graduated in 2001 with a Juris Doctor and membership in the Order of the Coif.

Career

After law school, Hur was a law clerk for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2001 to 2002, then for Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2002 to 2003.

He then served as Special Assistant and Counsel to Christopher A. Wray, then-Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. From 2007 to 2014, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland, where he prosecuted gang violence, drug trafficking and firearm offenses, and white-collar crimes. He was formerly a partner with King & Spalding in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused on government investigations and complex litigation.[4]

United States Attorney

Hur rejoined the Department of Justice as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, a top aide to Rosenstein after Rosenstein became Deputy Attorney General. He was a top liaison to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.[5]

On November 1, 2017, Hur was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.[6] On March 22, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[7] He was confirmed by voice vote later the same day.[8] He was sworn in on April 9, 2018.[9]

Appointment of Robert K. Hur as Special Counsel

On February 3, 2021, Hur announced his resignation, effective February 15.[10] Following his departure from the U.S. Attorney position in Maryland, Hur became a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson Dunn, a national law firm.[11]

Special Counsel

On January 12, 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to oversee the United States Department of Justice's investigation into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents during his time as vice president.[12]

Personal life

Hur married Cara Brewer, an attorney, in 2004.[3]

See also

References
  1. Marimow, Ann E.; Stein, Perry (January 12, 2023). "Robert Hur, a 'No Nonsense' Former Prosecutor, Will Examine Biden Documents". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2023. Hur is a registered Republican, according to Maryland voter records.
  2. "Robert K. Hur, U.S. Attorney (Maryland)". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. "Cara Brewer, Robert Hur". The New York Times. 2004-12-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighth Wave of United States Attorney Nominations". whitehouse.gov. November 1, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2018 – via National Archives.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Jones, Dustin (14 January 2023). "Who is Robert Hur, the special counsel leading the Biden classified documents inquiry". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  6. "Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate Today". whitehouse.gov. November 2, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2018 – via National Archives.
  7. Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 22, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. PN1209 — Robert K. Hur — Department of Justice, congress.gov
  9. "Robert K. Hur is Sworn in as the 48th United States Attorney for the District of Maryland". 9 April 2018.
  10. "United States Attorney Robert K. Hur to Leave Department of Justice After Serving as Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer in Maryland Since 2018" (Press release). Baltimore, Maryland: United States Attorney's Office. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  11. "People: Robert K, Hur - Partner". LawTally. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  12. "Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Handle Biden Documents Inquiry". The New York Times. January 12, 2023.
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