Sentences with phrase «serve as a special prosecutor»

A war of words escalated on Wednesday between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over empowering Nassau County DA Madeline Singas to serve as special prosecutor to review the alleged actions of ex-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The vast majority of Troy Police Department officers are honest individuals,» said Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka, who is serving as a special prosecutor for the case.

Cattaraugus County District Attorney Lori Pettit Rieman served as a special prosecutor tasked with deciding whether Erie County jail deputies should face charges in the death of inmate Richard A. Metcalf Jr..

Put aside angry district attorneys and fuming police unions — while serving as special prosecutor could yield a career career - making case, it could just as easily offer up a lemon.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan, who served as special prosecutor for the case, wrote in a statement released on Wednesday morning that his investigation did not find Lopez's alleged harassment of two female staff members rose to the level of a criminal offense.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH» - moh) has picked Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas to serve as special prosecutor on the case.

Last year, Cuomo said he was also considering a proposal to give Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to serve as a special prosecutor.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will serve as a special prosecutor investigating cases of police killings in New York State.

Holmes is a former Cook County, Illinois, judge and prosecutor, and is currently serving as a special prosecutor for Cook County in a case accusing three police officers of a cover - up in the fatal shooting of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney appointed John Franke to serve as the special prosecutor to investigate potential charges against three Milwaukee police officers related to the in - custody death of Derek Williams.

Mr. Attisani served as a special prosecutor in the Suffolk County (City of Boston) District Attorney's Office, where he tried 19 cases to verdict.

Not exact matches

Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Cohen have each proposed to Wood the names of possible candidates to serve as a «special master» to assist in the review of materials seized last week from him by the FBI.

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.

While stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, he served as a prosecutor and defense counsel and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii.

At Harvard, Crawford was taken under wing by the late Archibald Cox, who would go on to earn a reputation as an advocate of the public interest after serving five months as Watergate special prosecutor — a position from which he was ultimately fired in 1973 by then - president Richard Nixon in what came to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre.

He also served as a federal prosecutor, serving as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Lytton also served as a federal prosecutor for eight and a half years in Chicago and Philadelphia and as Deputy Special Counselor to President Ronald Reagan in 1987.