Mark Klaassen Explained

Mark Klaassen
Office:United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming
President:Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Term Start:November 21, 2017
Term End:January 31, 2021
Predecessor:Christopher A. Crofts
Successor:L. Robert Murray (acting)
Birth Name:Mark Allen Klaassen
Birth Date:17 April 1973[1]
Birth Place:Park Rapids, Minnesota
Education:Oral Roberts University (BS)
Notre Dame Law School (JD)

Mark Allen Klaassen (born April 17, 1973) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming from 2017 to 2021.

Klaassen was raised in Gillette, Wyoming.[2] A graduate of Oral Roberts University and Notre Dame Law School, he clerked for Wade Brorby of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.[3] Klaassen began his career as an associate at Latham & Watkins. From 2007 to 2009, Klaassen was chief of staff to the general counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security, and he also served as general counsel for the United States House Committee on Homeland Security from 2003 to 2007.[4] [5] He was formerly an Assistant United States Attorney for the same district prior to his elevation to his current post.

United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming

On August 3, 2017, Donald Trump nominated Klaassen to be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on November 9, 2017, and sworn into office on November 21, 2017. He resigned on January 31, 2021.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hubbell, Martindale . 2000 . Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 5 . . 9781561603992 .
  2. News: Gallardo . Jonathan . CCHS grad sworn in as US Attorney in Wyoming . 19 February 2019 . Gillette News Record . November 22, 2017.
  3. News: Allen. Kevin. Mark A. Klaassen, '98 J.D., nominated for U.S. attorney for Wyoming. October 27, 2017. University of Notre Dame Law School. July 24, 2017.
  4. News: President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourth Wave of United States Attorney Candidate Nominations . October 23, 2017. The White House. July 21, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171210033453/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/21/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourth-wave-united-states-attorney . 2017-12-10 .
  5. News: Mark Klaasen nominated for US attorney in Wyoming. October 27, 2017. Associated Press. Washington Times. July 26, 2017.
  6. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY MARK A. KLAASSEN ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION . January 20, 2021 . United States Attorney's Office . . February 2, 2021.