Sentences with phrase «as a federal prosecutor»

He served as a federal prosecutor for more than 20 years.

Earlier in his career, he served more than eight years as a federal prosecutor.

If he did run, under the law he would first have to step down from his job as a federal prosecutor.

What was the biggest change you had to adapt to from your transition as a federal prosecutor, to having a private practice?

«I learned as a federal prosecutor that I was a naturally gifted trial lawyer,» he says simply.

He started the firm in 1997, after six years of exemplary service as a federal prosecutor.

John Katko left his successful career as a federal prosecutor in January and joined a crowded field — a pool of eight Republican candidates — ...

Lat graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School and spent the first part of his career as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New York.

Sullivan, who worked as a federal prosecutor before working for tech companies, realized that even if he gave the driver a poor rating, there would be no hard evidence for Uber to show the driver where he went wrong.

Katko, R - Camillus, talked of his time as a federal prosecutor before entering politics and of the risks officers face on a day - to - day basis.

He also spent more than three years as a federal prosecutor at the United States attorney's office in Manhattan, where he focused on insider trading and other financial fraud cases.

Apple is scheduled to file its first legal arguments on Friday, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, who served as a federal prosecutor before being appointed to the bench, has set a hearing on the issue for next month.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is under arrest and $ 3.8 million in eight different bank accounts held by Silver have been seized as federal prosecutors accuse the Speaker of running two fraudulent and corrupt schemes.

She was appointed to the position in 2013 after spending decades as a federal prosecutor and as a private securities lawyer with Debevoise & Plimpton.

Rice, a former Nassau County district attorney, touted Kaminsky's work as a federal prosecutor as well as his support for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

He attacked Katko on his two decade record as a federal prosecutor and stood by those attacks even when he received blowback.

«It's clear Cuomo and Rice have something to hide, refusing to answer pressing questions as federal prosecutors probe whether the governor shut down his own anti-corruption unit to protect his friends and improperly interfered with its investigations when they hit too close to home,» Short wrote.

The talk of 2020 and Cuomo's recent announcements comes as federal prosecutors are poised to issue indictments in criminal corruption cases against the governor's former top aide and longtime family friend, Joe Percoco.

Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky released the first ad of his bid for a full term on Tuesday highlighting his resume as a federal prosecutor as well as his record as a state lawmaker.

FBI agents raided Cohen's home, office and hotel room on April 9, seizing a trove of evidence as federal prosecutors unravel his financial activities and his role in helping Trump conceal embarrassing episodes in Trump's private life that threatened his candidacy in 2016.

Donald Trump's personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz has been popping off that he got Preet Bharara fired as federal prosecutor of New York, according to a report on Tuesday.

He added, «I served as a federal prosecutor on our border, both at home in New York and in El Paso, Texas.

City officials took the step as federal prosecutors said earlier this month they were investigating health and safety conditions in the developments.

«His background as a federal prosecutor and his zeal for the truth make him the ideal person to lead this panel.

He is a George W. Bush appointee who earned the nickname «Hang «Em High Henry» for his tough - on - crime stand as a federal prosecutor and on the bench.

King wrote that when acting as a federal prosecutor, Sessions used his power to «chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.»

As federal prosecutors seek a record stretch in prison for any former elected official of more than 14 years in prison for the 72 - year - old Silver, the Manhattan Democrat in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni urged leniency and asked her to keep in mind the good public acts he has done.

Bharara, constrained from endorsements and opining as a federal prosecutor, has let his hair down on Twitter in recent weeks since he was fired President Donald Trump, posting pointed thoughts on issues ranging from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the MTA.

Bharara had risen to prominence as a federal prosecutor in part for his aggressive pursuit of public corruption in city and state government.

ALBANY — The Empire State Development corporation is paying nearly $ 800 an hour to a Washington - based law firm as federal prosecutors probe the Buffalo Billion, one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic development initiatives.

But as federal prosecutor Preet Bharara said after the Silver indictment, «Stay tuned.»

The SolarCity construction project, the biggest part of the Buffalo Billion, is embroiled in a corruption scandal as federal prosecutors alleged the $ 750 million state investment was awarded to LPCiminelli through a bid - rigging scheme.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Peter H. Moulton will succeed Justice Sherry Klein Heitler, court administrators announced Monday, as federal prosecutors continue to investigate whether civil asbestos - related cases received «red - carpet treatment» at 60 Centre St.

«When I first ran for Congress, I left a 20 - year career as a federal prosecutor because I was frustrated with the inaction in Washington and knew that if I wanted to see real change for my children and for future generations that I needed to get off the sidelines and do something about it.

His previous job was as a federal prosecutor with the Eastern District of the U.S. Attorney's office, which covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Kaminsky's home turf, Long Island.

(«Darn it, that's better than anything I could've written for a US Atty,» Young Il Kim, a writer for «Billions,» which stars Paul Giamatti as a federal prosecutor bent on rooting out Wall Street wrongdoing, remarked on Twitter.)

«This is a specialized task and Mr. Schwartz was selected based on his three decades of experience managing complex investigations as a federal prosecutor and in the private sector.

Smith was brought down by Bharara, who, since being installed as the federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York in 2009, has charged a dozen legislators.

The board decided to authenticate the claim against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, even as federal prosecutors present evidence to a grand jury, according to the source.

Master was an assistant U.S. attorney who worked under Preet Bharara, who was fired by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for refusing to submit a letter of resignation this year, after working as a federal prosecutor under former President Barack Obama.

Though he has experience as a federal prosecutor, he is best known in legal circles for his role as the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs in investor fraud suits against WorldCom, the telecommunications company that collapsed in 2002 amid an accounting scandal.

Bharara said he was speaking as much as a citizen of New York as a federal prosecutor, and said the issue may just be with him, as, being originally from India, «it's like a billion people in the room.»

As federal prosecutors describe it, the house and its huge price tag soon became a sort of trap door for Percoco, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's longtime aide and confidante.

As a federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and as Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to fund lavish lifestyles, as well as drug kingpins and other major felons.

Maffei, the Syracuse Democrat, has been focusing on Republican Katko's record and actions as a federal prosecutor for the Justice Department.

Bharara was appointed as the federal prosecutor in the Southern District by then - President Barack Obama in 2009 and litigated many high - profile cases against elected officials and Wall Street bosses.

As federal prosecutors tell it, as Mr. Percoco and Mr. Howe hatched a complicated corruption scheme, both bandied Mr. Cuomo's name to spur the other to action or to press their own advantages.

At a press conference in Oneida County, elected leaders said progress on the AMS fab, which was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the summer of 2015 with glee and fanfare, basically «froze up» as federal prosecutors honed in on Kaloyeros, who was indicted last month along with a slew of development executives and Joe Percoco, Cuomo's political adviser and surrogate brother.

«John's spent his entire professional life as a federal prosecutor fighting to make our community safer and more secure for all central New York families,» Hoffman said.