Early Life, Education, and Career
Born in New York, New York, White received a B.A. from Queens College, City University of New York in 1967 and a J.D. from the State University of New York in 1970. He was an attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1970 to 1971, and again from 1977 to 1978, serving in the interim as an assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1978 to 2002.
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