Sentences with phrase «former federal district»

These attorneys include registered patent attorneys and former federal district court and appellate clerks with backgrounds including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, and chemistry.

While at Mudge Rose, Patrick assisted partner and former Federal District Court Judge Kenneth Conboy in his capacity as the Election Appeals Master for the 1996 Teamster's national elections.

Former federal District Court judge Nancy Gertner submitted a column in a recent edition of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (subscription required) about the current #MeToo movement.

Not exact matches

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

Observers told Business Insider that Wood would be more likely to select one of the government's nominees, who are retired judges from the Southern District of New York; Cohen's team submitted names of former federal prosecutors.

Tai Park, former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and a noted white - collar defense attorney.

George Canellos, former co-chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division and former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.

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.

Former federal prosecutors told POLITICO that Cohen's team likely intended to appeal to Wood by suggesting members of the tight - knit club of former and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of NewFormer federal prosecutors told POLITICO that Cohen's team likely intended to appeal to Wood by suggesting members of the tight - knit club of former and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of Newformer and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.

In September 2009, in the course of seeking access to gold records from the Federal Reserve and then suing the Fed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, GATA obtained a sensational written admission from the Fed, signed by Fed Board of Governors member Kevin M. Warsh, a former member of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets — the so - called «Plunge Protection Team.»

In an op - ed in USA Today last month, she and two other stated reformers — Mark Dupree, a Kansas district attorney, and Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor — asked for something to be done about the current American justice system.

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

For Devine — Daley's top deputy in the state's attorney's office, former Chicago Park District Board president and now a highly respected trial lawyer in private practice — that could include a federal judgeship or even U.S. attorney in Chicago if Jim Burns steps down.

On the land acquisition wish list are a 45 - acre former Nike missile site on Central Road, owned by the federal government, and 35 acres owned by School District 214 at Hersey High School.

Shows like Jamie Oliver's «Food Revolution,» and school districts like Chef Ann Cooper's former district in Berkeley, CA and current district in Boulder, CO, are often held up as examples of what's possible in school food reform, yet it's seldom ever mentioned that in each of these cases, far more money is being spent on those meals than the current federal reimbursement rate — and far more than that rate plus six cents.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni rejected a variety of reasons that lawyers for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver say his federal corruption indictment should be thrown out and no retrial should occur.

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.

Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, has held the moderate - leaning Nassau County district.

The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, asked a federal judge to deny a motion by Assemblyman Sheldon Silver to dismiss his indictment on grounds that Bharara orchestrated a «media firestorm» around the arrest of the former speaker.

RIP Sandra Townes, a former English teacher at Corocoran High School who went on to become the first black woman appointed as a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York.

The prosecution and defense offered two very different versions of events in the trial of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and three business associates in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday.

Nassau district attorney investigators arrested Gerard Terry, a former North Hempstead Town Democratic Party leader, on April 12, 2016, who, public records show, amassed nearly $ 1.4 million in state and federal tax debts while receiving government jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[42] The FBI completed its investigation of Colgan soon thereafter in June 2016, and the bureau charged the former district superintendent with a federal crime.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his top aides were indicted in federal court on Wednesday for allegedly trying to cover up former Police Chief James Burke's beating of a suspect in 2012.

«The scandals of the last few years have shown that incremental steps are not enough,» said Daniel R. Alonso, a former federal prosecutor who recently served as Manhattan Chief Assistant District Attorney.

Walker, 43, a Republican and former state assemblyman from Hicksville, surrendered Thursday to federal officials at U.S. District Court in Central Islip before pleading not guilty to obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents.

The trial, in federal district court in Manhattan, will heat up on Monday, when the prosecution's star witness, former longtime Cuomo associate and lobbyist Todd Howe is scheduled to begin his testimony.

(Hint: Nassau Country District Attorney Kathleen Rice, State Sen. Eric Schneiderman, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, former state insurance superintendent Eric Dinallo and former federal prosecutor Sean Coffey.)

The case also resulted in federal charges against former Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota.

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who will be sentenced Sept. 8 in Federal District Court in Manhattan for sharing obscene photos with a minor, is being ostracized by the people in his Manhattan apartment building.

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara weighed in with his first official endorsement in a political campaign since his firing in March, backing a former assistant federal prosecutor who is running for Suffolk County district attFormer U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara weighed in with his first official endorsement in a political campaign since his firing in March, backing a former assistant federal prosecutor who is running for Suffolk County district attformer assistant federal prosecutor who is running for Suffolk County district attorney.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan walloped his Democratic opponent in fundraising for the special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Michael G. Grimm, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.

Before being elected DA, Thompson served as a federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York, where he was a member of the team that successfully prosecuted former NYPD Officer Justin Volpe in the 1997 beating and torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.

NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas declared a mistrial in the corruption case involving New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and former Vice Chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee Vincent Tabone.

Longtime Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his chief aides on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, were indicted on federal charges that they were involved in a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — John Gallagher, the former Facilities Director for the City School District of New Rochelle, was back in White Plains Federal Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M. Karas on what has taken place since Gallagher was last in court of May 24th.

As a former federal prosecutor and a pioneering Brooklyn District Attorney, he championed the cause of equal justice for all.»

The Spota announcement came less than a day after the district attorney and one of his chief aides, Christopher McPartland, were indicted on federal charges accusing them of taking part in a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of Christopher Loeb in 2012.

Newsday reported in January that Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice involving the case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.

Former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver pleaded not guilty to three felony counts during his arraignment hearing in federal district court on Tuesday.

Erstwhile Inspector - General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, was on Thursday arraigned alongside a former police commissioner, John Obaniyi, at an Apo District High Court of the Federal...

A former senior official appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo who resigned recently has been accused by a former state employee of sexual harassment and assault, according to a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan over the weekend.

The results are a sharp turnaround from a March 15th Siena poll, which had Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, holding a slim lead — 47 % to 45 % — in the 9th Senate District, which covers a portion of Nassau County.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Long Island and his son Adam were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on six criminal counts — the same number offered in the criminal complaint filed three weeks ago by the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted today by a federal grand jury, according to the office of the U.S. attorney of the Southern District of New York.

On Wednesday, Spota and Christopher McPartland, head of the district attorney's political corruption unit, were indicted on unrelated federal charges involving a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.

In court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

A former federal prosecutor, Katko stepped down from the U.S. Attorney's Office in January to enter the 24th District race.

The 11th Congressional District seat he's seeking is widely regarded as likely to stay Republican despite former Rep. Michael Grimm's guilty plea to federal tax evasion and subsequent resignation.