Michael W. Cotter Explained

Michael W. Cotter
Office:	United States Attorney for the District of Montana
President:	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Term Start:	December 30, 2009
Term End:	March 10, 2017
Predecessor:	William W. Mercer
Successor:	Kurt Alme
Birth Date:	7 July 1949
Party:	Democratic
Education:	University of Notre Dame (BA, JD) University of Utah (BBA)
Spouse:	Patricia O'Brien Cotter

Michael W. Cotter (born July 7, 1949) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Montana from 2009 to 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Education

Cotter graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration, received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Utah and received his Juris Doctor from the Notre Dame Law School.^[3]

Legal career

He began his legal career as an associate at the Law Offices of John C. Hoyt, later forming the Cotter & Cotter Law Firm with his wife, Patricia O'Brien Cotter. From 2000–2009, he was the sole practitioner at Michael W. Cotter, P.C. in Helena, Montana.

Military service

Cotter served on active duty with the United States Army from 1972 to 1974 and was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant.

See also

• 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys

Notes and References

1. Web site: Helena lawyer Michael Cotter confirmed as U.S. attorney for District of Montana . missoulian.com . 2009-12-28 . 2017-04-10.
2. Web site: Meet the U.S. Attorney . Justice.gov . 2017-04-10 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160208200249/http://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/meet-us-attorney . 2016-02-08 .
3. Web site: September 25, 2009 . President Obama Nominates Richard Callahan Michael Cotter Nicholas Klinefeldt and Stephanie Rose to be U.S. Attorneys . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017212540/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-richard-callahan-michael-cotter-nicholas-klinefeldt-and-s . October 17, 2020 . . . October 14, 2020.