Zoë Baird

Zoë Baird

Zoë Eliot Baird (born 1952) is an American lawyer. She was Bill Clinton's first unsuccessful nominee for attorney general in 1993. She is currently the President of the Markle Foundation and is on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution.

Baird withdrew her name from consideration for the attorney general position when it was learned that she had hired illegal aliens to serve as her chauffeur and nanny. She paid $2,900 in fines for the infractions. [cite news|title=THE NEW PRESIDENCY: Justice Department; Nominee Pays Fine for Hiring of Illegal Aliens|publisher=New York Times|date=1993-01-17|first=Clifford|last=Krauss|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/illegal_immigrants/index.html?offset=60&query=UNITED%20STATES%20POLITICS%20AND%20GOVERNMENT&field=des&match=exact] She has worked for General Electric and was general counsel of Aetna.cite news|title=Clinton's Choice for Justice Dept. Hired Illegal Aliens for Household|publisher=New York Times|date=1993-01-13|first=David|last=Johnston]

She earned a B.A. in political science in 1974 and a J.D. in 1977 from the Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.

ee also

*Kimba Wood, Bill Clinton's second failed nominee for Attorney General
*Janet Reno, the third - successful - nominee, and United States Attorney General from 1993 until January 20, 2001

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