Andrew Bruck

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Andrew Bruck
Attorney General of New Jersey
Acting
Assumed office
July 19, 2021
GovernorPhil Murphy
Preceded byGurbir Grewal
Succeeded byMatt Platkin (Acting, Designate)
Personal details
Born1983/1984 (age 38–39)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Stanford University (JD)

Andrew Bruck (1982/1983)[1] is the Acting Attorney General of New Jersey. He took office on July 17, 2021, after being appointed by Governor Phil Murphy. [2][3][4][5] Effective February 14, 2022 Bruck will be replaced as Acting Attorney General by Matt Platkin, whose nomination as Attorney General is pending before the New Jersey State Senate following Platkin's appointment by Murphy on February 3, 2022.[6]

Bruck was a federal prosecutor before joining the office of then-newly installed Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in January 2018 as Executive Assistant Attorney General. Bruck was subsequently promoted to First Assistant Attorney General. Grewal resigned effective July 16, 2021 to take a position with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bruck is openly gay and resides with his husband and their infant daughter.

References[]

  1. ^ Wildstein, David (January 12, 2022). "Murphy Still Mulling Attorney General Nominee after Considering 8 Candidates". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Acting AG Bruck Announces Leadership Team". Insider NJ. July 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Assunção, Muri. "Andrew Bruck makes history as New Jersey's first openly gay attorney general". nydailynews.com.
  4. ^ "Meet Acting Attorney General Bruck".
  5. ^ https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/01/for-attorney-general-let-andrew-bruck-keep-up-the-good-work-moran.html
  6. ^ https://www.insidernj.com/murphy-taps-matt-platkin-state-attorney-general/
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of New Jersey
Acting

2021–present
Succeeded by
Matt Platkin
Acting, Designate
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