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Preet Bharara

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Preet Bharara
BornPreetinder Singh Bharara
10/13/1968
BirthplaceFirozpur, Punjab, India
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAttorney, legal commentator, author
TitlePartner, WilmerHale
Known forU.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2009–2017); Wall Street insider trading prosecutions; public corruption cases
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Columbia University (JD)
Spouse(s)Dalya Bharara
Children3
AwardsTime 100 Most Influential People; Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential

Barack Obama,Wall Street Five Families [1] Chuck Schumer,Donald Trump,[2] [3] [4] Bachelor of Arts Juris Doctor [5][6] [5] Wall Street,[3] Chuck Schumer Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,[5] Michael J. Garcia.[5] <ref "When U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara...". NJ.com. 2012-08. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Citibank reaches $7 billion mortgage securities inquiry settlement". JURIST. 2014-07. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref <ref "Statement on Bank of America Verdict". U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<Italian-American Mafia,Five Families <ref Rudy Giuliani <ref "Bharara wages war on street gangs". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<Sheldon Silver,<ref "Silver to resign as speaker on Monday". NY1. 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Preet Bharara on Sheldon Silver: The prosecutor could prejudice a jury". Slate. 2015-03. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Jury Finds Annabi, Jereis Guilty of Corruption". Daily Voice. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Sandy Annabi holds head up high as she enters prison". Newsday. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref Devyani Khobragade,<ref "Bharara talks Khobragade case". Business Standard. 2014-06-01. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Bharara says upset by criticism". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Holocaust survivor scam nets $42.5 million; 17 charged in swindle, prosecutors say". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Holocaust fund fraud". CNN. 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Government Stifles Speech". Reason. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref "Trump fired him, but Preet Bharara is still defending the country he loves". The San Francisco Standard. 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref <ref <ref <ref "Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara takes key role in two-year review of New York State's prison system". Newsday. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref Antony Blinken Thomas E. Dewey Benjamin N. Cardozo Raja Krishnamoorthi Jason Furman Eric Holder <refe

  1. ↑ "TIME Magazine Cover: Preet Bharara". Time Inc.. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Preet Bharara, Former SDNY US Attorney, Joins WilmerHale". WilmerHale. 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named wnyc
  4. ↑ "Preet Bharara is India Abroad Person of the Year 2011". Rediff.com. 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named economic_times
  6. ↑ "Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Partner at WilmerHale Preet Bharara Will Address Drexel Kline School of Law Graduates at Commencement". Drexel University. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
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