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Also, 20 of our attorneys served as former public prosecutors, with the distinction of being the only firm with two former Prosecutor Generals.
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The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.
Alex Whiting, a former federal prosecutor who is now a professor at Harvard Law School, said he found it «striking» that «Mueller seems to be preparing the report with an expectation that it will eventually become public.»
Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's officeFormer Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's officeformer finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's office said.
In an August interview with Reuters, Sullivan, a former prosecutor and Facebook Inc (FB.O) security chief, said he integrated security engineers and developers at Uber «with our lawyers and our public policy team who know what regulators care about.»
First off, he is a former federal prosecutor, so if the idea is to send a public interest crusader to replace Skelos, who was convicted of federal corruption last year, Kaminsky is probably the right guy.
«As a former prosecutor, I believe that a public servant with unimpeachable credentials and a career of independence — somebody like Ray Kelly — serving as FBI Director is critical to affirming the public's trust,» he said in a statement to POLITICO.
Democrat Eric Schneiderman has hired one of the top public - corruption prosecutors under former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to focus specifically on issues involving the Trump administration.
He had learned from his legendary former boss Robert Morgenthau that under - resourced public prosecutors can't beat deep - pocketed law firms on a level playing field, and that where banks and wealthy defendants may have time and money on their side, prosecutors can use the press to erase at least the first advantage.
Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.
This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.
On the surface, Cuomo and Christie are very similar: hard - charging former prosecutors who pushed public labor unions and recalcitrant state lawmakers to adapt to fiscal austerity in difficult economic times.
«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.
And it's no longer a joke that the Manhattan - based prosecutor might be listening in on every phone call made by an Albany power broker — when former Senate leader Dean Skelos» son told his dad, «You can't talk normally because it's like fucking Preet Bharara is listening to every fucking phone call,» it turned out to be the truth, and is now a matter of public record.
Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, made passage of stringent reforms on the income and pensions for public officials the center of his campaign in the brutal fight with Republican candidate Chris McGrath.
In a dizzying year that saw the public corruption convictions of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and Skelos at the hands of Bharara's office, what better candidate to run in Skelos» old district than a former prosecutor with a record of fighting corruption like Kaminsky?
The Romanian public prosecutor has charged emergency doctor Elena Duta with the manslaughter of former Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng.
(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.
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.»
Prosecutors made their closing arguments Monday in the public corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker with extremely close ties to the real estate industry.
But Singas, who has worked as a prosecutor in Queens and Nassau and served as former District Attorney Kathleen Rice's chief deputy, contrasted her 24 years of trying criminal cases with Murray's record, and said she was best suited to tackle public corruption.
«If it's a reversal, it's going to make it more difficult for these cases in the future,» said Randall Eliason, a former federal prosecutor specializing in public corruption and government fraud.
Prosecutors in former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's public corruption case have asked for him to be sentenced to prison for longer than any other state legislator guilty of public corruption.
Lowell, who represented Williams's former company in the McDonnell case, said prosecutors would now have to decide in the cases of Menendez and others «whether the allegations go to what the Supreme Court said was the public official's authority to act, and to be doing more than what is the typical, expected constituent service that our system depends on.»
Randall Eliason, a former prosecutor who specialized in public corruption and government fraud, said an elected official could now demand $ 10,000 for arranging a meeting for a constituent and not run afoul of federal bribery law.
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.
Bharara's support on Wednesday for creating another Moreland Commission to probe public corruption, prompting Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon to claim the popular former prosecutor's «endorsement» of her own efforts for a similar investigating panel.
«As a former prosecutor, I believe that a public servant with unimpeachable credentials and a career of independence — somebody like Ray Kelly — serving as FBI Director is critical to affirming the public's trust.
US Attorney Preet Bharara should be more prudent in his public criticism of Albany and its denizens, says Bennett L. Gershman, a former prosecutor and professor at Pace University School of Law.
Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.
Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to at least 12 years in prison, following his conviction on eight counts of public corruption charges, and asked that Skelos» son, Adam, be sentenced to more than 10 years.
Democratic state AG Eric Schneiderman has hired Howard Master, one of the top public - corruption prosecutors under former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, to focus specifically on issues involving the Trump administration.
In opening arguments today, prosecutors called Joe Percoco Cuomo's «right - hand man,» while defense attorneys deemed the former top administration aide, a mere public servant with limited influence over state government.
Former federal prosecutors blame juror skepticism and the new, more permissive legal definition of bribery for the stunning mistrials Thursday when two federal juries were declared hung in high - profile public...
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.
Silver's long - suffering wife, Rosa, remained stoic, even as Caproni lit into her husband for his politically - charged extramarital affairs which Bharara's prosecutors detailed in filings — one with a lobbyist who had extensive business before the state and another with a former beauty - queen turned assemblywoman who landed two cushy public - service jobs.
In the filing, prosecutors say Percoco made «threats» to state workers, including the former deputy commissioner of the Office of General Services and a public affairs official in the state Division of Homeland Security.
He has also announced he's cease political fundraising while the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity investigates his fundraising practices — a move that isn't much of a hardship on the Democratic DA, given the fact that he faces only token opposition in the general election next month from a write - in candidate, former Brooklyn sex - crimes prosecutor Marc Fliedner.
Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to sentence former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos to at least 12 years in prison, following his conviction in February on eight counts of public corruption charges, and asked that Skelos» son, Adam, be sentenced to more than 10 years.
The coming retrials of two former New York state politicians, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.
Corcoran is a former Albany County Court special prosecutor and private attorney of 19 years standing who also served as past chairman of the Albany County Ethics Commission and a hearing officer who adjudicated cases involving violations of the public health law.
Prosecutors were right to charge Rebekah Brooks and other News of the World executives over conspiracy to hack phones as the trials have helped determine who knew about widespread malpractice at the newspaper, Sir Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions, has said.
Deputy Inspector James Grant, the former commanding officer of the 19th and 66th precincts, Deputy Chief Michael Harrington, the former second - in - command in the housing bureau, and Sgt. David Villanueva, who worked in the department's licensing division, were arrested at their homes on public corruption conspiracy and bribery charges, sources and prosecutors said.
«The judge's instructions were right in the heartland of bribery,» said Edward Loya of Venable LLP, a former Justice Department public integrity prosecutor.
Could you imagine, dear reader our Governor, the former State Attorney General, the one who is supposed to be above everybody else, better than Caesar's wife, being associated, according to the New York Times, in a situation that, if it were anybody else, this same Governor would be the first one to request an investigation by the Joint Commission on Public Integrity or appoint a special prosecutor?
Federal prosecutors Thursday leveled public - corruption charges against eight individuals including Cuomo's former right - hand man, Joe Percoco, stemming from what was described as «two overlapping criminal schemes.»
«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.
Jennifer Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor and head of Columbia Law School's Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity sees value in Schwartz's hiring.
«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
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