Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith

A British barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2001 to 2007, the longest-serving Labour attorney general, advising the government through the lead-up to the Iraq War. He resigned the day Tony Blair left office, and went on to head European litigation at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton and serve as vice chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.