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Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney)
Contents
Early life and career
Tenure as U.S. Attorney
Tenure as ATF Director
U.S. Senate election, 2013
Personal life
References
External links

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Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney)
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Michael J. Sullivan


Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
In office
September 2006 – January 20, 2009
Appointed by
Alberto Gonzales
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Carl Truscott
Edgar A. Domenech (acting)
Succeeded by
Ronald "Ronnie" A. Carter (acting)
Kenneth E. Melson (acting)
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
September 2001 – April 2009
President
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Donald Stern
Succeeded by
Carmen Ortiz
District Attorney of Plymouth County
In office
June 1995 – September 2001
Preceded by
William O'Malley
Succeeded by
Timothy Cruz
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 7th Plymouth district
In office
January 1991 – June 1995
Preceded by
Emmet Hayes
Succeeded by
Ronald Whitney

Personal details
Born
( 1954-10-03)
October 3, 1954 (age 66)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Alma mater
Boston College
Suffolk University
Michael J. Sullivan (born October 3, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (2001–2009) and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (2006–2009). His work as U.S. Attorney largely focused on national security and health-care fraud. A native of the Holbrook – Abington region, Sullivan served earlier in his career as the Plymouth County District Attorney, and as a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . Contents
1 Early life and career
2 Tenure as U.S. Attorney
3 Tenure as ATF Director
4 U.S. Senate election, 2013
5 Personal life
6 References
7 External links
Early life and career
Sullivan was born October 3, 1954, the second of seven children, and grew up in Holbrook, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College High School and Boston College, and went onto Suffolk University Law School. He worked with the Gillette Company from 1973 to 1989 before moving into private law, becoming partner at McGovern & Sullivan in the early 1990s. Representing the town of Abington, he was elected as a Republican state representative in 1990. He was voted "Legislator of the Year" by the Massachusetts Municipal Organization in 1994. Among his initiatives was a budget amendment to have the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority charge municipalities for sewage management by volume instead of population, which moved much of the cost burden away from outlying towns and toward Boston. The amendment was adopted by the House but reversed the following day under pressure from Democratic leaders.