Henry Kerner
{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Henry Kerner
|image = Henry Kerner Headshot.jpg
|caption = Kerner in 2017
|office = Member of the United States Merit Systems Protection Board
|term_start = June 3, 2024
|term_end =
|predecessor = Tristan Leavitt
|president = Joe Biden
|office1 = Special Counsel of the United States
|president1 = Donald Trump
Joe Biden
|term_start1 = October 30, 2017
|term_end1 = October 23, 2023
|predecessor1 = Carolyn N. Lerner
|successor1 = Hampton Dellinger
|birth_name = Henry John Kerner
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
|birth_place = New York City, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|spouse =
|children =
|education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA)
Harvard University (JD)
}}
Henry John Kerner (born 1966) is an American lawyer who served as the Special Counsel in the United States Office of Special Counsel from 2017 to 2023, and has served on the three-member Merit Systems Protection Board since 2024.
Biography
Kerner was born in 1966 in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018132666.html|title=Kerner, Henry, 1966-|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=April 18, 2023}} He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in history from the University of California, Los Angeles, before obtaining his J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1992.{{cite news |title=Scarramucci and other alumni among Trump's recent appointees |url=https://today.law.harvard.edu/alumni-among-trumps-recent-appointees/ |access-date=August 26, 2018 |publisher=Harvard Law Today |date=July 26, 2017}}
He spent 18 years as a prosecutor in California before becoming staff director for U.S. Senator John McCain at the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.{{Cite web|url=https://osc.gov/Pages/about-bio.aspx?ID=36|title=U.S. Office of Special Counsel - Henry Kerner Bio|website=OSC.gov|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615175218/https://osc.gov/Pages/about-bio.aspx?ID=36|archive-date=June 15, 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Charles S.|title=Trump Selects Capitol Hill Investigator to Run Office of Special Counsel|url=http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/05/trump-selects-capitol-hill-investigator-run-office-special-counsel/138223/|access-date=June 9, 2017|work=Government Executive|date=May 26, 2017}} In 2011, Kerner joined the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, working for Chairman Darrell Issa and Chairman Jason Chaffetz.
Kerner went on to become Assistant Vice President for Investigations at the small-government advocacy organization Cause of Action Institute.{{cite news|last1=Davidson|first1=Joe|title=Special Counsel Lerner leaves office as Trump rejects highly praised whistleblower advocate|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/07/lerner-leaves-office-of-special-counsel-as-trumps-rejects-highly-praised-whistleblower-advocate/|access-date=June 9, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 7, 2017}} In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Kerner to become Special Counsel at the United States Office of Special Counsel.{{cite news|title=One Nomination Sent to the Senate Today|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/one-nomination-sent-senate-today/|access-date=September 6, 2019|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|date=June 5, 2017}} He was confirmed by the 115th Congress with final voting from the U.S. Senate in October 2017.{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Eric|title=OMB orders agencies to gauge cyber risk|url=https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2017/10/omb-orders-agencies-to-gauge-cyber-risk/|access-date=November 3, 2017|work=Federal News Radio|date=October 18, 2017|quote=Henry Kerner has received Senate confirmation to be the U.S. Special Counsel at the Office of Special Counsel.}}{{cite news|title=Management Issues Raised for OPM, GSA Nominees|url=http://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/management-issues-raised-opm-gsa-nominees/|access-date=November 3, 2017|work=FEDweek|date=October 23, 2017|quote=Meanwhile, the Senate has confirmed Henry Kerner to head the Office of Special Counsel.}}
President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Kerner as a Republican member of the Merit Systems Protection Board on July 3, 2023,{{cite news|url=https://www.meritalk.com/articles/president-biden-nominates-henry-kerner-for-mspb/|title=President Biden Nominates Henry Kerner for MSPB|work=MeriTalk|date=July 5, 2023}} and his nomination expired on January 3, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/807|title=PN807 — Henry J. Kerner — Merit Systems Protection Board|work=Congress.gov|date=January 3, 2024}} He was renominated on January 8, 2024, and his nomination was confirmed by voice vote by the Senate on May 14, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/1235|title=PN1235 — Henry J. Kerner — Merit Systems Protection Board|work=Congress.gov|date=May 14, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://osc.gov/Pages/Leadership.aspx Biography at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel]
- {{cite web|title=Henry Kerner, Assistant Vice President for Investigations|url=https://causeofaction.org/about/attorneys-and-staff/henry-kerner-assistant-vice-president/|website=Cause of Action Institute|access-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708042335/https://causeofaction.org/about/attorneys-and-staff/henry-kerner-assistant-vice-president/|archive-date=July 8, 2017}}
- [http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2017/12/newly-installed-special-counsel-wants-adjudicate-cases-more-swiftly/144431/ "Newly Installed Special Counsel Wants to Adjudicate Cases More Swiftly"] Government Executive. Retrieved March 6, 2018
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Category:Harvard Law School alumni
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