Michael Geraghty

{{Short description|American lawyer}}

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| name = Michael Geraghty

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| birth_name = Michael C. Geraghty

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|21}}

| birth_place = Fairbanks, Alaska

| residence = Anchorage, Alaska

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| office = 29th Attorney General of Alaska

| term_start = April 10, 2012

| term_end = December 2, 2014

| governor = Sean Parnell

| predecessor = John Burns

| successor = Craig W. Richards

| party = Republican{{cite web | url =http://www.orrick.com/Events-and-Publications/Documents/4656.pdf | title =2012 guide to the state attorneys general | author =Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | publisher =Orrick.com | date =May 22, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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| occupation = Lawyer

| spouse = Mishel Geraghty

| children = Five

| relatives = Jim Matherly (nephew)

| alma_mater = University of Hawaii (B.A.)
Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D.)

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Michael C. Geraghty (born July 21, 1952){{cite web|url=http://www.lawyercentral.com/Michael-C-Geraghty-Interactive-Profile--20-707602.html |title=Attorney Michael C Geraghty | Lawyer in Anchorage AK |publisher=Lawyercentral.com |date=1952-07-21 |accessdate=2013-08-25}} is an American lawyer who served as the attorney general of Alaska from 2012 until 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.naag.org/michael-geraghty.php |title=Michael Geraghty |publisher=NAAG |accessdate=2013-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804001505/http://www.naag.org/michael-geraghty.php |archivedate=2013-08-04 }} He was nominated for this position by Governor Sean Parnell,{{cite web |url=http://gov.alaska.gov/parnell/press-room/full-press-release.html?pr=6007 |title=Press Release - Alaska Governor Sean Parnell |publisher=Gov.alaska.gov |date=2012-01-12 |accessdate=2013-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227030201/http://gov.alaska.gov/parnell/press-room/full-press-release.html?pr=6007 |archivedate=2014-02-27 }} confirmed by the Alaska Senate and sworn in on April 10, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.adn.com/2012/04/10/2416056/geraghty-confirmed-as-attorney.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116065739/http://www.adn.com/2012/04/10/2416056/geraghty-confirmed-as-attorney.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-16 |title=Geraghty OK'd as attorney general | Legislature |publisher=ADN.com |date=2012-04-10 |accessdate=2013-08-25 }}

Prior to his appointment as AG, Geraghty was a lawyer in private practice. Geraghty is also a commissioner with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Geraghty was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Hawaii in 1974 and his J.D. from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 1978. He is married with five children and lives in Anchorage, Alaska.