Sentences with phrase «served as a federal prosecutor»

The change represents yet another way that Sessions, who served as a federal prosecutor at the height of the drug war in Mobile, Alabama, has reversed Obama - era criminal justice policies aimed at easing overcrowding in federal prisons and rethinking of how drug criminals are prosecuted and sentenced.

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.

According to his biography, Washburn has previously served as a federal prosecutor and general counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission, before entering the academia.

While serving as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, Thompson also helped prosecute former NYPD cop Justin Volpe in the 1997 beating and torture of Abner Louima.

He added, «I served as a federal prosecutor on our border, both at home in New York and in El Paso, Texas.

He served as a federal prosecutor for more than 20 years.

In addition, several who previously served as federal prosecutors received government commendations for their work.

Roam the hallways and you might spot big shot lawyers like Ted Olson (who helped overturn Proposition 8), Orin Snyder (attorney to Bob Dylan and Jerry Seinfeld) and Debra Wong Yang (the first Asian American woman to serve as a federal prosecutor).

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.

Our Sexual Misconduct & Workplace Harassment group includes a number of partners who served as federal prosecutors at the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney's offices, with substantial investigative, law enforcement and trial experience.

Prior to private practice Nick served as a federal prosecutor.

Not exact matches

«The president has no real idea of the breadth of information known to Mueller,» said Solomon Wisenberg, a former federal prosecutor who served as a deputy independent counsel during Ken Starr's investigation of Bill Clinton.

Prior to being elected a judge the State Supreme Court, Ziegler served on the Washington County Circuit Court and worked as a federal prosecutor.

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.

Bharara had served as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor since 2009, and since his firing has become an outspoken critic of the president.

«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.

Federal prosecutors recommended that David Wildstein, who has described himself as the mastermind of the so - called Bridgegate scandal, serve no prison time as a result of his testimony against his co-conspirators, which followed his guilty plea.

Trump intends to nominate Acting U.S. Attorney Grant Jaquith to serve as the top federal prosecutor in a 32 - county region of upstate that includes Syracuse.

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.

Immediately before he was elected senator in 2015, he was a federal prosecutor in the Brooklyn - based Eastern District, where he served as acting head of the public integrity section.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A federal jury hearing testimony on Tuesday was served a steady diet of «ziti,» the word prosecutors say a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo used as code to refer to bribe payments he received to push forward projects for three businessmen.

«He was very much trusted by the governor, including handling such sensitive matters,» said Lacewell, a former federal prosecutor in Brooklyn who joined Cuomo when he was serving as attorney general.

Prior to serving Central New York in Congress, John Katko spent nearly twenty years as a federal prosecutor.

Before his election to Congress, Katko served for more than 15 years as a federal prosecutor in Syracuse for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of New York.

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.

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times reported that «federal prosecutors have served subpoenas on about 10 staff members in the California Legislature who may be called as witnesses in the August corruption trial of former state Sen. Ronald Calderon.»

In a letter Friday, federal prosecutors urged a judge to stick to her guns and order former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to start serving his 12 - year prison sentence as scheduled on August 31.

In addition to serving Cuomo since his election and during his tenure as attorney general, Lawsky is a former federal prosecutor, Justice Department staff lawyer and counsel to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.

She had been a longtime federal prosecutor and served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa before her appointment to the bench.

Our attorneys are trial lawyers, appellate advocates, legal counselors and crisis managers, with broad experience from serving as private practitioners and federal prosecutors.

Having practiced in state and federal criminal courts for the past 25 years, serving as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and adjunct law professor, I can say, without reservation, that the only thing unjust, unfair, and / or «disgraceful» is to insult and demean the jurors who worked hard to arrive at what they believed was a fair verdict.

Before his tenure as a city prosecutor, Dino also served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable John R. Padova, a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Clifford Chance, Dan spent 10 years as a federal prosecutor, serving in several senior leadership positions and overseeing the national security and cybercrime unit within the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Earlier in his career, he served more than eight years as a federal prosecutor.