Laura Elizabeth Duffy (born 1962) is an American attorney who served as US Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2010 to 2017.
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Early life and education
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Duffy attended Northwest Missouri State University and the University of Iowa before graduating from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University Law School in Omaha, Nebraska. As a law student at Creighton, he worked as a law officer in Douglas County, Office of the Public Defender of Nebraska.
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Professional career
Duffy joined the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice as a lawyer in 1993, working first for the Money Laundering Section and then for Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Section. In 1997, he moved to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, with the rank of US Assistant Prosecutor. There he served in the Narcotics Enforcement Section until promoted in 2007 to the position of Deputy Chief of General Crimes. He is famous for his prosecution of members of the Arellano-Felix drug cartel.
On February 24, 2010, Duffy was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as US Attorney for the Southern District, which covers the territory of San Diego and Imperial. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved its candidacy unanimously on 27 May 2010; he received unanimous approval from the full Senate the following day.
In October 2011, he joined three other US lawyers from California to announce a controversial crackdown on medical marijuana pharmacies, which were allowed under California state law but not under federal law.
Personal
Duffy is a lesbian; she is married to Keri Davis, with whom she has one child. At the time of his appointment, he was one of four US LGBT lawyers, with Jenny Durkan from Washington's West District, Anne Tompkins from the Western District of North Carolina, and Robert L. Pitman from the Western District of Texas.
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