Peter C. Harvey

Peter C. Harvey was the first African American to serve as New Jersey Attorney General. Harvey was appointed by New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey as Acting Attorney General on February 15, 2003, and was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate as Attorney General on June 16, 2003. Harvey served until 2006, when he was succeeded by Zulima Farber.

On January 17, 2002, then-Attorney General David Samson appointed Harvey to serve as first assistant attorney general and director of the Division of Criminal Justice, where he served prior to his appointment as Attorney General.

Harvey received his J.D. degree in 1982 from Columbia Law School. He received a B.A. in political science from Morgan State University in 1979. [ [http://www.nj.gov/oag/oag/ag_2003-2006_harvey_bio.htm Peter C. Harvey] , New Jersey Attorney General capsule bio. Accessed December 17, 2007.]

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He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

External links

* [http://www.nj.gov/oag/oag/ag_2003-2006_harvey_bio.htm Peter C. Harvey] , New Jersey Attorney General capsule bio
* [http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2003/july_2003/peter_harvey Columbia Law School: Peter C. Harvey '82]
* [http://www.wws.princeton.edu/events/pressreleases/20031014harvey.html Attorney General Harvey to speak on New Jersey’s judicial response to sexual assault]