Mark Totten

Mark A. Totten is an American lawyer and politician who is the nominee to serve as United States attorney for the Western District of Michigan.

Mark Totten
United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan
Nominee
Assuming office
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PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingAndrew Byerly Birge
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Kristin Totten
Children2
EducationCedarville University (BA)
Yale University (JD, PhD)

Early life and education

A native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Totten attended the Kalamazoo Public Schools. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Cedarville University in 1996, a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, and a PhD in ethics from Yale University.[1]

Career

In 2007 and 2008, Totten served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas B. Griffith. He also worked as an appellate staffer in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. From 2011 to 2013, he served as special assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan. Totten was the Democratic nominee in the 2014 Michigan Attorney General election, losing to incumbent Bill Schuette.[2]

In 2016 and 2017, he was an assistant prosecuting attorney in the Office of the Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney. From 2008 to 2018, he was a professor at the Michigan State University College of Law.[3] Since 2019, Totten has served as chief legal counsel to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.[4]

Personal life

Totten and his wife, Kristin, have two children.[5] Kristin Totten is an education attorney for the ACLU of Michigan who has represented children in Flint, Michigan who were affected by contaminated water in the city.[6]

References
  1. Mauger, Robert Snell and Craig. "President Biden nominates Ison, Totten for Michigan U.S. attorney jobs". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. "Mark Totten". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  3. "President Biden Announces First U.S. Marshal Nominees and Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  4. Mahler, Jonathan (2020-06-25). "A Governor on Her Own, With Everything at Stake". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  5. "Bio sketches of candidates for attorney general > Detroit Legal News". legalnews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  6. "ACLU Lawyer Explains What $9 Million Special Education Fund Means For Flint Kids". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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