Zane D. Memeger (Morgan Lewis)
Zane D. Memeger (James Madison University, University of Virginia School of Law) is nominated to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He would replace Patrick L. Meehan, who resigned in July 2008 to run for Congress. The district’s current interim U.S. Attorney is Michael L. Levy.
Memeger’s vitals:
- Born in Yonkers, N.Y., in 1964.
- Has been a partner in the litigation practice group at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Philadelphia since October 2006. Was an associate in the group from September 1991 to April 1995.
- Was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from May 1995 to September 2006.
- Worked as a summer associate at Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, Pennsylvania (now Bayard, PA) in Wilmington, Del., 1989.
- Was a paralegal at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C., from July 1986 to August 1988.
- Has tried 10 cases to verdict, serving as sole counsel in five cases and associate or co-counsel in the remaining five cases.
Click here for his full Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.
UPDATE: On his Office of Government Ethics questionnaire Memeger reported earning a $390,000 from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP for 2009 and the first few months of 2010.
On his Senate Judiciary financial disclosure Memeger reported assets valued at $851,200, mostly from his personal residence, and $396,400 in liabilities, mostly from a mortgage on the property, for a net worth of $454,800.
