Sentences with phrase «as district attorney from»

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Mr. Siegal, who for nine years served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, joins Mintz Levin from Haynes and Boone, where he co-chaired the firm's Government Enforcement and Litigation Practice Group.

And in a turn that is likely to be most significant for his campaign, in 2014 he was indicted for corruption, on charges stemming from his veto of a $ 7.5 million appropriation for a public integrity unit, seen as a bid to pressure a district attorney to step down.

Last May, following Trump's surprise firing of James Comey as FBI director, the two were among 180 former prosecutors from the district who signed a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein calling for the appointment of a special counsel.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

And, as United States Attorney from the Eastern District of New York, she was involved in two high profile financial fraud cases, one in which Citicorp paid $ 7 billion in settlement for its role in the mortgage - backed securities fraud, and one in which HSBC paid $ 1.7 billion and took a deferred prosecution agreement for facilitating money - laundering.

(Napa, CALIF.)-- Some of the hottest issues wine business executives and winery owners face today, including internal theft and crime at wineries, will be examined at the 24th Annual Wine Industry Financial Symposium in September by a powerhouse panel of professionals who have worked for agencies such as the Secret Service, representatives from the Napa County District Attorney's office, as well as experts from the banking and accounting sectors of the wine business.

I / WE HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities used by the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

Commissioners went so far as to declare the organization's contract with the Park District breached, pending evidence and advice from attorneys.

This is apparently what happened as it's the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York job to execute the warrant and that office seems to be leading whatever results from the findings.

In a statement, Bharara pointed to knowing Sini from his time as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District.

Geoffrey Berman, personally interviewed by the President before being named as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, is recused from the investigation into Cohen.

«After 37 years as a trial attorney taking on corporations like Wal - Mart, beating back the insurance company that took health care away from my daughter when her life was on the line, and giving hundreds of hours of pro bono work to women who were the victim of sexual discrimination, I know what it takes to represent the people of this district.»

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Chief Judge DiFiore served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Westchester County District Attorney's Office from 1981 - 1987, and from 1994 - 1998 as Chief of the Office's Narcotics Bureau.

Nine Charged With Peddling Cocaine in Orangetown Bars and Restaurants, as well as Clarkstown and Haverstraw FROM THE DA»S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe on Monday announced that nine individuals have been arrested on felony drug and conspiracy charges as part of a large - scale narcotics investigation into a Village of Nyack - based cocaine distribution ring -LSB-...]

As a service to YWN readers we are posting the last ads from Senator Eric Schneiderman and District Attorney Kathleen Rice below.

The conviction of Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan who spent two decades as speaker, was the crest of a wave of prosecutions brought against state lawmakers by Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Manhattan.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

But from 1993 to 2007, she served as counsel and chief assistant to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, supervising more than 150 lawyers in Brooklyn and Central Islip, Long Island, according to Newsday.

As the Manhattan District Attorney, Mr. Vance often makes news — whether it's doling out $ 808 million from a BNP Paribas settlement with the city, announcing an end to arrests for public drinking or urination, or railing against tech companies like Apple encrypting their devices and making them «warrant - proof.»

The mayor stressed that the city has to drive down the crime rate and institute ameliorations such as bail reform — steps he said require cooperation from the district attorneys and the state «in terms of the court system.»

Cuomo directed Madeline Singas, the Nassau County district attorney, to probe the allegations published Monday in The New Yorker that forced Schneiderman to resign, «as well as any matters that may arise from this investigation.»

The Manhattan District Attorney's office will receive $ 156 million from the fine, as will the U.S. attorney's office in WashingtAttorney's office will receive $ 156 million from the fine, as will the U.S. attorney's office in Washingtattorney's office in Washington, D.C.

The documents provided also include the original legal opinions, a follow - up by Kavinoky Cook disputing the Phillips Lytle opinion and a letter from Acting District Attorney Michael Flaherty that suggests his office never designated Lorigo as the West Seneca Town Prosecutor.

Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, was asked a few days ago if he deemed it appropriate for a prosecutor to take campaign money, as he does, from lawyers who have dealings with his office.

«From his work in the private sector, to serving with distinction as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and in the Department of Homeland Security, Michael has the kind of broad, well - rounded perspective on the law that our state's highest court requires,» Cuomo said in a statement.

On April 29, Cuomo's office received a subpoena from Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as part of a probe of state construction projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

Kenneth Thompson (second from left) at his inaugural ceremony in 2014 as District Attorney with (from left to right) the Hon. Sterling Johnson, Jr., his son Kenny Thompson, his wife Lu - Shawn M. Benbow - Thompson, his daughter Kennedy Thompson and his mother Mrs. Thompson.

In the letter, the lawmakers express frustration with what they see as a lack of progress from Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan's office in pursuing the case, which has been ruled a homicide by the New York City medical examiner's office.

NYSED staff from the Offices of School Operations and Management Services, Student Support Services and Special Education, the Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center, and the District Superintendents Daniel White and Jo Anne Antonucci of the Monroe 1 & 2 BOCES and will work with investigators from the Attorney General's office as part of the review of district policies and proDistrict Superintendents Daniel White and Jo Anne Antonucci of the Monroe 1 & 2 BOCES and will work with investigators from the Attorney General's office as part of the review of district policies and prodistrict policies and procedures.

Then there's former gubernatorial candidate and mad - as - hell Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, a huge Trump supporter from Day One, who jokingly mentioned to me a few months ago that he could be a candidate for U.S. attorney for New York's Western District.

Ken Lovett: Preet Bharara won the big cases as U.S. attorney, but his record as the top prosecutor in the Southern District was far from perfect.

Newly disclosed records show Suffolk district attorney employees have received $ 3.25 million in bonuses since 2012 — $ 550,000 more than reported previously — as county lawmakers prepare for a hearing today on a bill to tighten legislative control over how proceeds from seized criminal assets are spent.

Cuomo: Even as attorney general, he started beating the consolidation drum, pointing out that New York state contains a dizzying 10,500 government entities, ranging from towns and villages to sewer districts and public authorities.

Rice, 45, from Locust Valley, is in her second term as district attorney.

A lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, against the Utica City School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public highDistrict charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public highdistrict's only public high school.

Griffin worked as a senior assistant prosecutor in the Rockland County District attorney's Office from 1981 to 1986, worked in private practice later on, and received a full - time job with the Rockland County Office of the Public Defender in 2010.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, a critic of Miner, accuses Conner of emailing a letter to Syracuse.com without permission from two of the five ministers listed as authors.

District Attorney Joel Abelove, a Republican who took over as district attorney in January, declined to pursue the case and denied his office received a referral from the state Labor DepDistrict Attorney Joel Abelove, a Republican who took over as district attorney in January, declined to pursue the case and denied his office received a referral from the state Labor DepAttorney Joel Abelove, a Republican who took over as district attorney in January, declined to pursue the case and denied his office received a referral from the state Labor Depdistrict attorney in January, declined to pursue the case and denied his office received a referral from the state Labor Depattorney in January, declined to pursue the case and denied his office received a referral from the state Labor Department.

Cuomo said lawyer Daniel Horwitz, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan, will take over from Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore as head of the Joint Commission on Publicdistrict attorney in Manhattan, will take over from Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore as head of the Joint Commission on Publicattorney in Manhattan, will take over from Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore as head of the Joint Commission on PublicDistrict Attorney Janet DiFiore as head of the Joint Commission on PublicAttorney Janet DiFiore as head of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Kathleen Rice: Before she won election to the House of Representatives in 2014, Rice was the hard - charging district attorney from Nassau County — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's favored successor as the state's top prosecutor.

«We just feel as if Ramarley's life never mattered, from the Bronx [district attorney's] office, straight to this office,» Graham added.

In addition from an increase in patrols within the Suffolk County Police District, which covers the five western Suffolk towns, members of District Attorney Thomas Spota's East End DWI Task Force have also been busy as of late.

Bellone, a Democrat, was criticized when he chose county District Attorney - elect Timothy Sini — a former federal prosecutor who was never a police officer — as police commissioner without looking at candidates from across the country.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's statement was brief, but packed a punch: «Today, I was fired from my position as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New YorkAttorney Preet Bharara's statement was brief, but packed a punch: «Today, I was fired from my position as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New Yorkattorney for the Southern District of New York.»

District attorneys from both parties savaged Mr. Schneiderman's proposal as an unfair intrusion into their jurisdiction.

Operation High - Rise nets 40 arrests Press Release edited from Rockland DA's Office Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced at a press conference on Monday the arrest of 22 individuals and the filing of criminal charges against 18 others on a variety of drug - related charges as part of a large scale undercover narcotics investigation -LSB-...]

He also served as a Bronx County assistant district attorney from 1972 to 1977 before establishing his own practice in 1977.

He moved to East Hampton more than 30 years ago after graduating from Yale University and working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan.

District attorneys around New York are still trying to clarify a recent executive order from Cuomo that appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.