Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutor who»

That's not entirely true, says Kathryn Haun, a former federal prosecutor who led the crackdown on virtual - currency crime and joined Coinbase's board in May.

«Prosecutor Leading Probe Into Lawyer's Murder Resigns»: law.com provides a report that begins, «The federal prosecutor who was leading the investigation into the still - unsolved murder of Washington, D.C., lawyer Robert Wone abruptly left his post last month, has hired a personal lawyer and will resign on Friday.»

Behre, the former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in Washington, told The Deal that even if Lay's assests pass to his wife or family, «they're still attachable and still forfeitable to the government.»

M. Randall Oppenheimer, who leads the firm's entertainment division and who has won major cases for Exxon Mobil Corp., and Mark Holscher, a onetime federal prosecutor who has a bustling white - collar defense practice with such clients as former congressman Randy «Duke» Cunningham, also logged hundreds of hours at similar rates.

The group also included a senior federal prosecutor who taught evidence law, and a lawyer who represented Canada on international delegations on the law of electronic transactions.

I interviewed the federal prosecutor who had worked on the investigation and prosecution of the ELF for years.

J.Lo and Ben are gangsters who kidnap a mentally handicapped kid to blackmail the boy's older brother, a federal prosecutor who's after mob boss Al Pacino.

The conviction — on some, but not all, of the eight counts he was charged with — gives others in the sector even more reason to declare at full volume that Shkreli is not one of them, «and allows them to distance themselves from his predatory practices,» said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor who is head of the white collar defense practice at McCarter & English, which represents branded pharmaceutical companies in a number of practice areas.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A former federal prosecutor who stepped down from the job to run for Congress was one of four recipients of an annual award given to assistant U.S. attorneys in the Northern District of New York.

«It's the legacy of Bob McDonnell - making life easier for corrupt public officials everywhere,» said Randall Eliason, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at George Washington University

«The U.S. attorney in Manhattan generally believes Albany is corrupt and that the politicians are not acting in the public interest, so that's the area where he is going to focus,» said lawyer Bradley Simon, a former federal prosecutor who represented ex-state Controller Alan Hevesi on corruption charges.

Katko, a former federal prosecutor who is challenging U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D - Syracuse, recorded his first two radio ads of the campaign that will air on stations throughout the four - county 24th Congressional District, including WAUB in Auburn.

It includes Kathleen Rice, a United States representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Alphonso David, Mr. Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the corruption trial of the former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Among the other guests was local Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who is running to win the state Senate seat vacated by Republican Dean Skelos, who was convicted in a corruption scam.

With Election Day only about eight months away, the Fulton Republican Committee has thrown its support behind John Katko, a 51 - year - old retired federal prosecutor who plans to run against Democratic incumbent Dan Maffei to represent central New York in Congress.

He said the former federal prosecutor who took on Albany corruption and was fired in 2017 by President Trump, could likely get the GOP, Reform and Independence party lines.

John Aretakis of Troy, an advocate for the Child Victims Act, said in a letter to the federal prosecutor who brought corruption charges against Silver in 2015 that Lynch effectively flipped the Assembly speaker on the issue.

The announcement by Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who formed an exploratory committee for statewide office earlier this year with an eye toward next year's gubernatorial election, came a week after Attorney General George Jepsen said he would not seek a third term.

Preet Bharara, the federal prosecutor who brought the charges against Democrat Silver, and is still prosecuting former Republican leader Dean Skelos and investigating Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is uniquely qualified for the most important task at hand.

The announcement by Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who formed an exploratory committee for statewide office...

Mr. Calone is a former state and federal prosecutor who says he fought corruption and terrorism in those roles.

Cuomo appointed Linda Fairstein, a former federal prosecutor who has focused on violence against women and children, to oversee the implementation of the policy.

Democrats are expected to endorse Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky — a former federal prosecutor who has a stellar anti-corruption résumé, including the successful prosecution of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (D - Bronx)-- for the Skelos seat, while Nassau Republicans, who suffered a surprise upset defeat in the race for district attorney last month, are having trouble recruiting a candidate.

It was the attorney general's reaction to horror stories of seemingly unwarranted seizures across the country that mostly resulted from roadside stops by local police agencies, said Thomson, the federal prosecutor who handles the forfeiture cases in the Syracuse area.

But Democrats feel they have a good candidate in Kaminsky, a rising Democratic star in Albany and a former federal prosecutor who handled the case that sent former Sen. Pedro Espada to prison.

The trip marks a new phase in the nine - month tenure of the former federal prosecutor who won a solid victory over incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine in November 2009, a victory that presaged a significant change in GOP fortunes.

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who has prosecuted Albany lawmakers for ethical abuses, often involving outside income, will take on Republican Christopher McGrath in the April 19 special election.

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.

The field includes Comptroller Kevin Lembo, former Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris, Middletown Mayor Dan Drew, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and Chris Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who specialized in public corruption cases.

James Johnson, a former federal prosecutor who also served in the U.S. Department of the Treasury under former President Bill Clinton's administration, announced his candidacy for governor of New Jersey in late 2016.

Steven Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who has worked under Cuomo in the attorney general's and governor's office, dismissed speculation that Cuomo could be harmed by the trial.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The federal prosecutor who took over the files of New York's Moreland anti-corruption commission said Wednesday that investigations into Albany's pay - to - play politics are continuing and declined to say when they'll be finished.

The Times initially floated Bridget Healy of ING, Hector Gonzalez, a former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at Dechert, as well as Marshall Miller, the principal deputy assistant attorney general at the federal Department of Justice.

In New York City, without a public schedule, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whose administration was hit with a subpoena last week on the Buffalo Billion investigation from the same federal prosecutor who got the Silver conviction, issued a brief written statement saying that the Silver sentence sends «a simple message that officials who abuse the public's trust will be held accountable.»

SYRACUSE, NY - A longtime federal prosecutor who's been mentioned as a possible candidate for Congress plans to step down from his job in three weeks.

Edward O'Callaghan, a former federal prosecutor who assisted Trump's transition team, is reportedly in the running to replace Bharara, along with attorney Marc Mukasey.

Kaminsky's campaign has run hard on the ethics issue as well as his resume as a former federal prosecutor who successfully led the effort to convict former Sen. Pedro Espada.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Eleven of the 14 JCOPE commissioners voters in favor of Biben, a former federal prosecutor who worked in Cuomo's AG office and now serves as state inspector general.

County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs has urged party activists to pick a candidate with a «clear rationale» to make the race — and that's expected to be Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who won the conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D - Bronx).

Randall W. Jackson, a former federal prosecutor who in 2012 helped to try and convict Larry B. Seabrook, a Democrat who was then a member of the New York City Council, said that in public corruption trials, a defendant had «the potential to change even the physical dynamics of the courtroom.»

A former federal prosecutor who didn't enter the race until mid-January, Katko raised most of his money after March 1, when he won the Republican designation at a convention in Syracuse.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same federal prosecutor who brought down the leaders of the legislature, has been investigating, and on Friday evening Governor Cuomo revealed that subpoenas had been issued to a former top member of his staff, and a lobbyist who used to work for the governor when Cuomo was at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who is serving his first term in the Assembly, has made corruption a key facet of his campaign and repeatedly tried to link McGrath to Skelos and the scandal - plagued Nassau County GOP.

«While I'm a proud New Yorker and want my state to be ahead in everything, I'm not sure we're ahead on corruption,» says Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at Columbia University.

A former federal prosecutor who is also the greatnephew of Mel Brooks, Kaminsky wouldn't confirm or deny interest.

«If you can find a corrupt mayor of New York City, holy moly, that's a big prize,» said Jennifer Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

«This puts an executive and legislative check on them by allowing their appointees call them in front of a commission,» said Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Nassau County), a former federal prosecutor who opposes the measure.

Steve Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who served Cuomo as attorney general and during his first year as governor, doesn't expect major news out of the trial for Cuomo, noting that the media and court filings have already aired the case.

The internal review will be conducted by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor who now works as an independent investigator, according to David's statement, which was released shortly after 5 p.m. — and minutes after the News article was posted online.