Michael Philip Drescher was born in
Ventura, California in 1965, a son of Philip C. Drescher and Marcia Lou (Laughlin) Drescher. He was raised and educated in Ventura and graduated from
The Thacher School in
Ojai in 1983. Drescher attended
Dartmouth College from 1983 to 1987 and graduated with an
A.B. in mathematics. From 1987 to 1992, Drescher resided in
Chicago and was employed by the
Leo Burnett Worldwide advertising firm, where his positions included media buyer-planner, assistant account executive, and account executive. He is married to Christina Stearns with two children. Drescher attended
Northwestern University Law School from 1992 to 1995 and graduated
cum laude and
Order of the Coif. After law school, Drescher was a law clerk for Judge
Fred I. Parker of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In January 2002, Drescher became an assistant US Attorney in Burlington. Initially assigned to the office's civil division, in 2009 he transferred to the criminal division. In January 2025, he was appointed acting US Attorney for Vermont, and he served in this position until January 2026. The senators who voted against recommending him expressed concern about Drescher's role in defending the federal government's actions during the
Deportation in the second Trump administration controversy. ==References==