Adam B. Schiff

Career and professional background

• Education

  graduated from Monte Vista High School, Danville, Calif., 1978

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• Education

  B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1982

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• Education

  J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1985

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• Career and public service

  lawyer, private practice

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• Career and public service

  prosecutor, Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, 1987-1993

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• Career and public service

  unsuccessful candidate for election to the California state assembly in 1994

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• Career and public service

  member of the California state senate, 1996-2001

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• Career and public service

  elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, until his resignation on December 8, 2024 (January 3, 2001-December 8, 2024)

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• Career and public service

  one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2009 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

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• Career and public service

  one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2010 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

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• Career and public service

  lead manager appointed by the House of Representatives in 2020 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States

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• Career and public service

  chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses)

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• Career and public service

  censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 21, 2023, for "misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives"

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• Career and public service

  was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in the November 5, 2024, special election to the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 2025, a seat previously held by appointed senator Laphonza Butler, and at the same time elected in the general election for the six-year term ending January 3, 2031

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• Career and public service

  subsequently appointed by the governor on December 8, 2024, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of appointed senator Laphonza Butler for the term ending January 3, 2025

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• Career and public service

  took the oath of office on Dec 9, 2024.

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