Sentences with phrase «first black attorney»

In defending his record, Sessions is likely to point to his vote to confirm Eric Holder as the country's first black attorney general and to his co-sponsorship of the Fair Sentencing Act, which sought to reduce racial disparities in how black and white drug offenders are treated.

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He is the first black prosecutor to lead the district attorney's office in Brooklyn.

The conference runs through the end of the day Saturday and features such other speakers as Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian - American woman in the House, and activist attorney Zephyr Teachout.

Holder, the first black U.S. attorney general, was due to meet with the caucus on Friday to discuss his work with the online booking site Airbnb, which had hired him last year to conduct a review of discrimination among hosts.

David began working for Cuomo in the attorney general's office and would be the first black and openly gay AG if he ever won.

Bichotte said McCray running is a «good thing» and also praised Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, the first woman of color to serve as Bronx DA, and Brooklyn Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, the Council's first black woman Majority Leader.

The attorney general has worked hard to recover from his failed 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary against H. Carl McCall, who was seeking to become the first black governor.

Thompson, the first black district attorney of Brooklyn, died this month after a battle with cancer and was memorialized over the weekend.

He praised Thompson for making history as Brooklyn's first black district attorney and noted he worked with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Eastern District of New York before establishing a law firm focused on social justice and fighting discrimattorney and noted he worked with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Eastern District of New York before establishing a law firm focused on social justice and fighting discrimAttorney General Loretta Lynch in the Eastern District of New York before establishing a law firm focused on social justice and fighting discrimination.

Mr. Thompson, who is first black district attorney of Brooklyn, will hold a news conference tomorrow to discuss the grand jury decision.

Philadelphia's former Democratic district attorney, Seth Williams, whose tenure as the city's first black top prosecutor was mired in corruption, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 months in prison for accepting a bribe.

Johnson, who already is in his sixth term, was the first black district attorney in the state.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who unsuccessfully sought an indictment last year against a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island man, expressed pity for the grand jury involved in the case in his first radio interview since becoming the official GOP nominee to replace former Congressman Michael Grimm.

Ms. Lynch will replace Attorney General Eric Holder, who is stepping down from the position, and will be the first black woman to lead the Justice Department.

If you're worried about what to wear, I would recommend wearing a suit the first day in a color other than black and looking around to see what other attorneys are wearing and then adjust accordingly.

He started his career as the first black photographer for NYC's District Attorney in 1959.

Turns out that while Covington was relegating Young and her black colleagues to second - class status, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, who stands on the verge of becoming the first African American to head the Department of Justice, was a litigation partner at the firm.

Kevin O'Keefe at Lex Blog endorses Gregory Beck's post and reminds us that lawyers still have First Amendment rights; and Nicole Black at Sui Generis links to attorney Joshua Stein's commentary on the proposed changes to the lawyer advertising rules in New York and offers her own criticisms on the issue.

Geraldine Hines, who was the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court, spoke about the struggle for black women attorneys in Boston in the early seventies.

Geraldine Hines and Margaret Burnham (first black woman judge in Massachusetts) were early staff attorneys.