Kaplan, Samuel Louis, 1936-

Law Firm: Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan, P.A.
Lawyer: Samuel L. Kaplan
Phone: 612-375-1138, 612-904-5600
Fax: 612-375-1143
Lawyer Title: Member
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Bio: Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Editorial Board, Minnesota Law Review, 1958-1959. President, Minnesota Law Review, 1959-1960. Instructor, 1960-1963 and Adjunct Professor, 1974, University of Minnesota Law School. Ambassador of The United States of America to The Kingdom of Morocco, 2009-2013.
Admitted: 1960, Minnesota
College: University of Minnesota, B.B.A., with distinction, 1957
Law School: University of Minnesota, J.D., magna cum laude, 1960
Membership: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations.
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Languages: English
Born: St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 1936

<p>Samuel Louis Kaplan (born 1936) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Morocco. He was appointed ambassador in 2009 by President Barack Obama, replacing the previous ambassador Thomas T. Riley. He is one of only a few American Jews to represent the United States in a Muslim nation.</p>

<p>Before entering the diplomatic service, Ambassador Kaplan was a well-known business and community leader in Minneapolis, where he headed a law firm that he founded in 1978. Ambassador Kaplan attended the University of Minnesota where he earned both an undergraduate and a law degree, graduating magna cum laude, and where he served as President of the University of Minnesota Law Review.</p>

<p>After law school graduation, Kaplan was an assistant professor of law and a guest speaker in law classes. Later, he founded Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan, P.A, a law firm, in 1978.</p>