William J. Hochul, Jr.
| William J. Hochul, Jr. | |
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| Second Gentleman of New York | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2015 |
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| Governor | Andrew Cuomo |
| Preceded by | Barbara Duffy (Second Lady) |
| United States Attorney for the Western District of New York | |
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In office March 15, 2010 – October 29, 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Terrance P. Flynn |
| Succeeded by | James P. Kennedy |
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| Born | 1959 (age 57–58) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen C. Hochul |
| Children | William, Caitlin |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D.) |
William J. Hochul, Jr. (born 1959) is the former United States Attorney for the Western District of New York.
Bill Hochul was born in Buffalo, New York in 1959. He graduated from Cheektowaga Central High School in Cheektowaga, New York, just outside Buffalo. Bill Hochul received a bachelor's degree from University of Notre Dame in 1981 and earned his Juris Doctor from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1984.
Bill Hochul served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of New York from 1991 to 2010. During that time, he served as Chief of the Anti-Terrorism Unit from 2002 to 2007 and as Chief of the National Security Division from 2007 to 2010.
Bill Hochul was awarded the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service for his work as lead prosecutor of the Lackawanna Six, which resulted in the 2003 convictions of six Yemeni-American for providing material support to Al-Qaeda.
In 2006, Bill Hochul unsuccessfully applied to a counterterrorism position at the Department of Justice's Executive Office for United States Attorneys. A 2008 report by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General revealed that Bill Hochul's appointment was one of several appointments that were inappropriately blocked by Department of Justice official Monica Goodling due to political considerations. The report found that Hochul was passed over in favor of "a much less experienced, but politically acceptable, attorney". Bill Hochul, who has variously registered to vote as both an independent and a Democrat, is married to Kathleen C. Hochul, a longtime politically active Democrat. The report concluded that Goodling found Hochul objectionable "because of his and his wife's political affiliation" and instead appointed a registered Republican who lacked counterterrorism experience and did not have the requisite five years of experience as a federal prosecutor.
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