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Also known as William Pelham Barr, William P. Barr, Bill Barr

77th & 85th United States Attorney General (born 1950)

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Country
US
Active from
1973-02-09

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  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 61,493x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 43,924x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 38,972x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,735x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,531x

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President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Rod Rosenstein Ed O'Callaghan (acting) Jeffrey A. Rosen
Preceded by
Jeff Sessions
Succeeded by
Merrick Garland
Born
William Pelham Barr , ( 1950-05-23 ) May 23, 1950 (age 76) , New York City , New York , U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Christine Moynihan ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ) ​
Relatives
Donald Barr (father), Stephen Barr (brother)
Education
Columbia University ( BA , MA ), George Washington University ( JD )

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William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney General in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the first administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020.

Born and raised in New York City, Barr was educated at the Horace Mann School, Columbia University, and George Washington University Law School. From 1971 to 1977, Barr was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency. He then served as a law clerk to judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the 1980s, Barr worked for the law firm Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, with one year's work in the White House of the Ronald Reagan administration dealing with legal policies. Before becoming attorney general in 1991, Barr held numerous other posts within the Department of Justice, including leading the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and serving as deputy attorney general. From 1994 to 2008, Barr did corporate legal work for GTE and its successor company Verizon Communications. From 2009 to 2018, Barr served on the board of directors for Time Warner.

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