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Henry John Kerner (born 1966) is an American lawyer who served as the Special Counsel in the United States Office of Special Counsel from 2017 to 2023, and has served on the three-member Merit Systems Protection Board since 2024.




Biography


Kerner was born in 1966 in New York City. He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in history from the University of California, Los Angeles, before obtaining his J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1992.
He spent 18 years as a prosecutor in California before becoming staff director for U.S. Senator John McCain at the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. In 2011, Kerner joined the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, working for Chairman Darrell Issa and Chairman Jason Chaffetz.
Kerner went on to become Assistant Vice President for Investigations at the small-government advocacy organization Cause of Action Institute. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Kerner to become Special Counsel at the United States Office of Special Counsel. He was confirmed by the 115th Congress with final voting from the U.S. Senate in October 2017.
President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Kerner as a Republican member of the Merit Systems Protection Board on July 3, 2023, and his nomination expired on January 3, 2024. He was renominated on January 8, 2024, and his nomination was confirmed by voice vote by the Senate on May 14, 2024.




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External links


Biography at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel
"Henry Kerner, Assistant Vice President for Investigations". Cause of Action Institute. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
"Newly Installed Special Counsel Wants to Adjudicate Cases More Swiftly" Government Executive. Retrieved March 6, 2018

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