President Donald Trump Monday appointed 40-year-old Alina Habba to serve as the interim US attorney for New Jersey, a decision that was slammed as ‘unserious’ given Habba’s past statements. Habba, who served as Trump’s personal lawyer before joining his administration, is succeeding John Giordano in the position. Giordano was sworn in for the job earlier this month but now Trump plans to nominate him as the ambassador to Namibia.
“Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to secure a Legal System that is both ‘Fair and Just’ for the wonderful people of New Jersey,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“I am honored to serve my home state of New Jersey as Interim U.S. Attorney and I am grateful to President Trump for entrusting me with this tremendous responsibility. Just like I did during my time as President Trump’s personal attorney, I will continue to fight for truth and justice” Alina Habba who represented Trump in his New York civil fraud case and other lawsuits wrote.
Habba has no prosecutorial experience and ran a small law firm previously specializing in civil litigation but now she will oversee more than 150 attorneys.
Habba became a member of Trump’s circle after several years in private practice in New Jersey.
According to reports, Habba got acquainted with Trump through membership in his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. Habba’s big break came when she represented him in a $100 million lawsuit against the New York Times and his estranged niece, Mary L. Trump.
As far as her past work experience is concerned, she worked as a merchandiser at fashion company Marc Jacobs for two years before attending Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Pennsylvania, graduating in 2011. She served a yearlong clerkship with then-New Jersey Superior Court Judge Eugene Codey Jr. then worked in private practice for eight years at two separate firms before starting her own practice in 2020, focusing on civil and commercial litigation.
