# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-j-garcia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:55:48.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-j-garcia"
name: "Michael J. Garcia"
slug: "michael-j-garcia"
description: "Michael John Garcia is an American attorney and former government official. Since February 2016, he has served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, that state's highest court. He is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2005–2008). Between his service as United States Attorney and his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Garcia was a partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis. He has also served as chairman of El Museo del Barrio."
tagline: "American lawyer, judge and former government official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_J._Garcia_US_Attorney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1961-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.68
  momentum:             2.162828947368421
  historical:           6.186577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Garc%C3%ADa"
    title: "Michael J. García"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "ميخائيل جاي غارسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "مايكل جاى جارسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "مایکل جی. قارسیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Garcia"
    title: "Michael J. Garcia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Garcia"
    title: "Michael J. Garcia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Garcia"
    title: "Michael J. Garcia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16230586"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump