Schiff, Adam Bennett,
1960- , American politician, b. Framingham, Ma.,
Stanford Univ. (B.A., 1982), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1985).
Schiff’s family moved to Arizona when he was 10 years old, and then
to California two years later. In 1986, after completing law school, Schiff
clerked for Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. at the U.S. District Court for
the Central District of California, and then spent the next six years
serving as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District. He ran against
James E. Rogan for the California State Assembly in 1994, but lost to him
both in the special election to fill the seat and in the general election
that followed. Two years later, he successfully won a seat in the California
State Senate, where he served on its Judiciary Committee. In 2000, Schiff
ran again against Rogan—this time for the U.S. House of
Representatives—and defeated him to win the seat representing
California’s 27th congressional district. He has been reelected to
ten subsequent terms. Schiff gained national prominence as the lead
prosecutor in the first impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump.
See his Midnight in Washington (2021).
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