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On July 25, 2013 Sherman was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] to be [[U.S. Ambassador to Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/25/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|publisher=[[White House Office of the Press Secretary]]|date=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Obama bundler Sherman gets Portugal post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/obama-bundler-sherman-gets-portugal-post/2013/07/26/60205b14-f5f9-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_blog.html|work=[[Washington Post]]|date=July 26, 2013|first=Emily|last=Heil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Appointed: Attorney Robert Sherman nominated Ambassador to Portugal – Washington, DC|url=http://portuguese-american-journal.com/appointed-attorney-robert-sherman-nominated-ambassador-to-portugal-washington-dc/|work=Portuguese American Journal|date=July 27, 2013}}</ref> The [[United States Senate]] confirmed Sherman by [[voice vote]] in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senate votes to confirm US ambassadors|url=http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/198243-senate-votes-to-confirm-us-ambassadors|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=February 12, 2014}}</ref>
On July 25, 2013 Sherman was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] to be [[U.S. Ambassador to Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/25/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|publisher=[[White House Office of the Press Secretary]]|date=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Obama bundler Sherman gets Portugal post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/obama-bundler-sherman-gets-portugal-post/2013/07/26/60205b14-f5f9-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_blog.html|work=[[Washington Post]]|date=July 26, 2013|first=Emily|last=Heil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Appointed: Attorney Robert Sherman nominated Ambassador to Portugal – Washington, DC|url=http://portuguese-american-journal.com/appointed-attorney-robert-sherman-nominated-ambassador-to-portugal-washington-dc/|work=Portuguese American Journal|date=July 27, 2013}}</ref> The [[United States Senate]] confirmed Sherman by [[voice vote]] in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senate votes to confirm US ambassadors|url=http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/198243-senate-votes-to-confirm-us-ambassadors|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=February 12, 2014}}</ref>


Sherman presented his credentials to the [[government of Portugal]] in [[Lisbon]] on May 3, 2014.<ref name="Historian">{{cite web|title=Robert Sherman (1953–)|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sherman-robert-a|publisher=[[Office of the Historian]]|date=May 3, 2014|accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref>
Sherman presented his credentials to the [[President of Portugal|President of the Portuguese Republic]], [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], in [[Lisbon]] on May 3, 2014.<ref name="Historian">{{cite web|title=Robert Sherman (1953–)|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sherman-robert-a|publisher=[[Office of the Historian]]|date=May 3, 2014|accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Robert Sherman
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office
April 5, 2014 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byAllan J. Katz
Succeeded byHerro Mustafa (Acting)
Personal details
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Political partyDemocratic[1]
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
Boston University School of Law

Robert A. Sherman (born 1953)[2] is an attorney who served as U.S. Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2017.

Early life and education

Sherman hails from Boston, Massachusetts. Sherman earned a bachelor of arts in political science at the University of Rochester in 1975 and a J.D. at Boston University School of Law in 1978.[1]

Career

Law career

Sherman worked in private practice as an attorney at a small Boston firm during the 1980s, as well as at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC. in the 1990s.[1] From 1991 to 1993, Sherman also served as assistant attorney general of Massachusetts and chief of the state's Consumer Protection Division.[3] In 1993, Sherman then served as a special counsel for the state attorney general.[1]

In 1999, Sherman co-founded the Boston office of the Miami law firm Greenberg Traurig. In this capacity, Sherman focused his practice on corporate investigations and consumer protection.[1]

From 2002 to 2004, Sherman was co-lead counsel representing claimants in a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.[1]

Sherman was a fundraiser for Obama for America, raising at least $500,000, and has personally donated more than $80,000 to Democratic candidates and organizations.[1][3][4]

Sherman was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in January 2013.[1][3][5]

Sherman has served as a board member of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Children’s Trust Fund, and has been co-chair of the Boston Arts Academy Annual Gala Benefit and the Boston CURE Gala for the Epilepsy Foundation.[1]

Ambassadorship

On July 25, 2013 Sherman was nominated by President Barack Obama to be U.S. Ambassador to Portugal.[6][7][8] The United States Senate confirmed Sherman by voice vote in February 2014.[9]

Sherman presented his credentials to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, in Lisbon on May 3, 2014.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ambassador to Portugal: Who Is Robert Sherman?". AllGov.com. September 30, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Sherman (1953–)". Office of the Historian. May 3, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Robert Sherman '75 Named Ambassador". Rochester University. October 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Ondraskova, Danni (October 31, 2015). "U.S. Ambassador to Portugal Speaks at Wellesley". Wellesley News. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Goode, Jo (March 19, 2014). "Ambassador to Portugal enjoying his new assignment". The Herald. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". White House Office of the Press Secretary. July 25, 2013.
  7. ^ Heil, Emily (July 26, 2013). "Obama bundler Sherman gets Portugal post". Washington Post.
  8. ^ "Appointed: Attorney Robert Sherman nominated Ambassador to Portugal – Washington, DC". Portuguese American Journal. July 27, 2013.
  9. ^ "Senate votes to confirm US ambassadors". The Hill. February 12, 2014.
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