Milgram became Acting Attorney General on September 1, 2006, following the resignation of former Attorney General Zulima Farber.[8] From 2007 to 2010, Milgram served as New Jersey's Attorney General.[9]
In 2007, Milgram announced a partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to allow New Jersey to trace the sources of illegal firearms through real-time electronic access to ATF's E-Trace system, a national database that lists a firearm's first purchaser, date of purchase, and the retailer from which the gun was purchased. As Attorney General, Milgram directed all police departments in New Jersey to forward all gun tracing information to E-trace to build a New Jersey database.[10][non-primary source needed]
Other roles
Arnold Foundation
From 2011-2015, Milgram was head of the Criminal Justice Initiative at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. She led the creation, development and national implementation of a new pretrial risk assessment tool to provide judges with more information for when they decide whether to release or jail people who have been arrested.[11][12]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
From 2013 to 2021, Milgram served as one of Wolf Entertainment's legal advisors, consulting on the hit television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[13] In this role, she worked with the show's writers, producers, and actors to help portray the courtroom and the country's legal system as accurately as possible.
Lowenstein Sandler
In July 2017, Milgram joined the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler as special counsel in the Tech Group and White Collar Criminal Defense practice.[14][15]
Academic career
Milgram was a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law.[16][when?] In 2020, as part of her work with the Criminal Justice Lab at New York University School of Law, Milgram worked with the city of Indianapolis.[17]
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
On April 22, 2021, President Joe Biden formally nominated Milgram to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration[18] On May 26, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[19] She was confirmed by the US Senate by Unanimous Consent on June 24, 2021, and she was sworn in on June 28 by US Attorney GeneralMerrick B. Garland.
Personal life
Milgram resides in Washington, D.C., with her husband and son.[citation needed]
^Smith, Jessica. "A.G. has come a long way in a short time East Brunswick native shares her goals for law enforcement effort"[permanent dead link], Greater Media, July 26, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2019. "Growing up in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, in a family steeped in public service, Anne Milgram knew early on that she would follow a similar path.... Leaving East Brunswick High School to serve as a congressional page at the U.S. House of Representatives, Milgram had her first taste of government work, and knew it was for her."
^Jones, Richard G. (June 22, 2007). "After One Objection, Senate Confirms Corzine's Choice for Chief Justice". The New York Times. Retrieved June 22, 2007. The Senate voted 36 to 1 to confirm Stuart Rabner, who has been attorney general since September 2006 and was Mr. Corzine's chief counsel before that. It also confirmed Anne Milgram, Mr. Rabner's first assistant, to succeed Mr. Rabner as attorney general.
