Stories Tagged ‘U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’
By Stephanie Woodrow | February 24, 2010
American Samoa Lt. Gov. Aitofele Sunia and lawmaker Tini Lam Yuen were charged with fraud and bribery for allegedly using their political positions and relationships to secure contracts for companies under their control.
Tags: Aitofele Sunia, District of Columbia, Emily Henn, Kathryn Albrecht, Lanny A. Breuer, Lanny Breuer, Matthew Stennes, Reggie Walton, Stephen Anthony, Tini Lam Yuen, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
By Joe Palazzolo | February 19, 2010
Ronald Machen, the newly confirmed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, took his oath of office Thursday evening in a private ceremony.
Tags: Channing Phillips, Eric Holder, Ronald Machen, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
By Joe Palazzolo | February 11, 2010
Kenneth Kohl, the lead prosecutor in the government’s case against Blackwater security guards, told The Washington Post that he was worried that reaction to the dismissal of the case could cause “federal prosecutors to flinch at taking on tough cases involving complex legal issues.”
Tags: Blackwater, Kenneth Kohl, Ricardo Urbina, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Xe Services
By Joe Palazzolo | February 8, 2010
Mary Patrice Brown, who was tapped to lead the Justice Department’s ethics unit in April, is on track for a nomination to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Tags: David Margolis, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Emmet Sullivan, James "Jeb" Boasberg, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Mary Patrice Brown, Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Professional Responsibility, Paul Friedman, Robert Wilkins, Ted Stevens case, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
By Joe Palazzolo | January 28, 2010
Roscoe Howard Jr., the District’s U.S. Attorney from 2001 to 2004, has joined Andrews Kurth’s Washington office, the firm announced.
Tags: A. Michael Espy, Andrews Kurth, Daniel Seikaly, Mike Espy, Roscoe Howard Jr., Samuel Pierce, Troutman Sanders, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, white-collar crime
By Stephanie Woodrow | January 25, 2010
The agenda includes three nominees to be U.S. Attorneys and three controversial nominations for top Justice Department posts. Committee Republicans can seek a week’s delay on the DOJ posts.
Tags: Andre Birotte Jr., California, Central District of California, Christopher Schroeder, Dawn Johnsen, District of Columbia, Jeff Sessions, Mary L. Smith, Northern District of New York, Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, Patrick Leahy, Richard Hartunian, Richard S. Hartunian, Ron Machen, Ronald Machen, Senate Judiciary Committee, Tax Division, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, U.S. Attorney nominations, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
By Joe Palazzolo | January 21, 2010
Joshua Berman, a former federal prosecutor and candidate for U.S. Attorney in Detroit, has joined the Washington office of Katten Muchin Rosenman as a partner in the litigation and dispute practice, the firm announced.
Tags: Barbara McQuade, Glen Donath, Jack Abramoff, Joshua Berman, Kevin Koonce, Robert Coughlin, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan
By Joe Palazzolo | December 23, 2009
A partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Machen has specialized in complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense and internal corporate investigations.
Tags: Channing Phillips, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ron Machen, U.S. Attorney nominations, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
By Joe Palazzolo | October 29, 2009
The Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner was interviewed at the Justice Department earlier this week for the top prosecutor post in the District of Columbia.
Tags: Anjali Chaturvedi, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Michael Bromwich, Ron Machen, U.S. Attorney nominations, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorneys
By Joe Palazzolo | October 25, 2009
UPDATED: 10:40 a.m. With 18 of the nation’s 93 top federal prosecutors confirmed, the Attorney General is assembling the influential advisory body that serves as the voice of U.S. Attorneys in Washington.
Tags: Attorney General's Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys, B. Todd Jones, Channing Phillips, Dennis Burke, Eric Holder, Jenny Durkan, John Davis, Joyce Vance, Neil MacBride, Patrick Fitzgerald, Paul Fishman, Peter Neronha, Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington
