![]() ![]() Janet Reno had three younger siblings: Mark writer Robert Reno and Maggy Hurchalla. ![]() Janet's father, Henry Olaf Reno (né Rasmussen), was an emigrant from Denmark and a reporter for the Miami Herald for 43 years. Reno's mother, Jane Wallace (née Wood), wrote a weekly home improvement column for The Miami News under a male pseudonym and later became an investigative reporter for the paper. President Bill Clinton appointed her attorney general in 1993, a position she held until Clinton left office in 2001. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney five times and was the first woman to serve as a state attorney in Florida. She then worked for the Dade County State Attorney's Office before returning to private practice. Her first foray into government was as a staff member for the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. After leaving to attend Cornell University and Harvard Law School, she returned to Miami where she started her career at private law firms. Reno was born and raised in Miami, Florida. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold that post. ![]() Reno held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt. Janet Wood Reno (J– November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the 78th United States attorney general. ![]()
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