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David Samson (born August 14, 1939) is an American lawyer who served as New Jersey Attorney General from 2002 to 2003. He served as the Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2011 until his resignation on March 28, 2014 in the aftermath of the Fort Lee lane closure scandal. Samson is a partner and founding member of the law firm Wolff & Samson〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Wolff & Samson website )〕 from which he resigned in April 2015. == Biography == Samson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1961 and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. Early in his career, he served a judicial clerkship with Associate Justice Nathan L. Jacobs of the New Jersey Supreme Court.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nj.gov/oag/oag/ag_2002-2003_samson_bio.htm )〕 During 2002-2003, Samson served as New Jersey Attorney General, the chief law enforcement officer for New Jersey. In this role, he supervised the statewide Divisions of Criminal Justice, New Jersey State Police, Civil Rights, Consumer Affairs and Gaming Enforcement, as well as the Division of Law, which represents all executive departments in New Jersey State government. As Chairman of the New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force, he worked hand-in-hand with federal agencies in organizing and directing counter-terrorism efforts throughout the New Jersey-New York area. In 2009, Samson was counsel to the gubernatorial election campaign of Chris Christie and thereafter served as the Chairman of Christie's Transition Committee. Samson has also acted as a court-appointed labor union trustee, a civil litigation discovery master and as a federal monitor pursuant to a United States Department of Justice deferred prosecution agreement.〔 Among his public positions, Samson was appointed by Governor James Florio as a member of the Governor’s Commission on Health Care Costs and by Governor Thomas Kean as the Chairman of the Governor’s Task Force on the Laws Governing the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He also served from 1982-1990 as General Counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Samson was appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to serve on its Ethics Committee and was a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Reporting of Court Decisions. He was also the legal consultant to the Advisory Committee to the Attorney General on Governmental Immunity. In addition, Samson served on the New Jersey Bar Association Committee on Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments. Samson was nominated to the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Chris Christie on September 30, 2010. He was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on January 25, 2011 and was elected as the agency’s Chairman on February 3, 2011. Samson was presented with Essex County, New Jersey's Star of Essex award during the county’s annual Jewish Heritage Celebration on May 7, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.essex-countynj.org/index.php?section=pr/print/050813 )〕 After United States Senator Frank Lautenberg died on June 3, 2013, there was speculation that Gov. Christie would appoint Samson to fill the vacant seat in the United States Senate. Instead, Christie picked Samson's former law partner, New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Samson (lawyer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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