Photo Credit: Tim Schoon (University of Iowa)

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Janet Wood Reno

BORN:
July 21, 1938
Miami, Florida

DIED:
November 7, 2016 (age 78)
Miami, Florida

EDUCATION:
Cornell University (AB, 1960)
Harvard University (LL.B, 1963)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1963-1967:
Associate, Brigham & Brigham
1967-1971:
Partner, Lewis & Reno
1971-1973:
Staff Director, Judicial Committee, Florida House of Representatives
1973;
Consultant, Florida State Senate Criminal Justice Committee for Revision of Florida’s Criminal Code
1973-1976:
Administrative Assistant to the State Attorney, 11th Judicial District of Florida (Miami)
1976-1978:
Partner, Steel, Hector & Davis
1978-1993:
State’s Attorney for Dade County, Florida
1984-1985:
President, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association
1993-2001:
U.S. Attorney General,
First Female Attorney General

RESOURCES:

6/29/1995: President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno Participate in an Event Announcing New Police Grants in the Old Executive Office Building at the White House (National Archives)

Department of Justice
University of Miami (Papers)
Oral History (UVA Miller Center)
UVA Miller Center
Washington Post
Wikipedia

PORTRAITS:

Artist: Dorothy Swain Lewis (DOJ Portrait)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

5/15/2000: President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno Attend a Fraternal Order of Police Peace Officers Memorial Event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC (National Archives)

NOMINATION (2/12/1993):
Washington Post
Washington Post
New York Times

CONFIRMATION (3/12/1993):
New York Times

PROFILES:
Washington Post (12/21/1993)
New York Times Magazine (5/15/1994)

FUTURE IN CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:
New York Times (11/14/1996)

OBITUARIES (11/7/2016):
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times