Juliet Sorensen (born 1972/1973) is an American lawyer. She is a clinical professor of law at

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. She directs the Northwestern Access to Health Project, an interdisciplinary global health program.

Early life

Born to Theodore C. Sorensen, former special counsel to President John F. Kennedy, and Gillian M. Sorensen of the

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, Sorensen graduated from

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and

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Career

Between 1995 and 1997, Sorensen volunteered with the

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. She served as assistant U.S. attorney in

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from 2003 to 2010. She prosecuted City of Chicago inspectors as part of

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, a bribery investigation into the Chicago building and zoning departments. She prosecuted Jean-Marie Vianney ("Zuzu") Mudahinyuka, a leader of the

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, in a case cited as a success of the

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No Safe Haven initiative against human rights violators. In March 2009, the

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, in a unanimous panel opinion written by Judge

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, found that Sorensen had engaged in

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and made "a series of improper statements" which the Court labeled "false and misleading." In the trial court case of ''U.S. v. Farinella'', which was appealed as 558 F.3d 695, a jury had found a Chicago businessman guilty of fraud and misbranding for relabeling 1.6 million bottles of salad dressing to extend their "best when purchased by" date, then reselling the bottles. Posner found that although relabeling "best when purchased by" dates was not a crime, Sorensen's improper argument would have required reversal in any case.

Personal life

Sorensen married economist Benjamin Jones on August 19, 2000.

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