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Neil MacBride (Business Software Alliance)

Neil MacBride (Houghton College, University of Virginia School of Law) is nominated to replace Chuck Rosenberg, who resigned in October 2008 to become a partner at Hogan & Hartson in Washington.

His vitals:

• Born in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1965.
• Has been Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice since January.
• Served as general counsel and vice President of Anti-Piracy for Business Software Alliance from November 2005  until January.
• Was on the board of advisors at the Center on Law and Security from 2007 until 2009.
• Worked as the chief counsel and staff director to then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee from August 2001 until October 2005.
• Served as the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from April 1997 until August 2001.
• Was an associate at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Chartered in Washington, D.C., from September 1993 until April 1997. Served as a summer associate at the firm in 1991.
• Also served as a summer associate at Green, Stewart & Farber in 1990.
• Clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Henry C. Morgan, Jr. in the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Was the editor of the Journal of Law & Politics from August 1990 until May 1992.
• Worked as a paralegal at Brown & Wood in New York, N.Y., from January 1989 until August 1989.
• Has worked on served political campaigns. Served as deputy press secretary on the Frank Lautenberg for U.S. Senate campaign from March 1988 until Nov. 1988. Worked as a regional field coordinator for Paul Simon for President from November 1987 until February 1988. Also was a field organizer for Biden for President from June 1987 until September 1988.
• Received the Department of Justice’s Special Achievement Award for outstanding performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in 1998 and 1999. Also earned the Bracewell & Patterson (now Bracewell & Giuliani) Moot Court Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy by a First Year at the University of Virginia School of Law. Graduated magna cum laude from Houghton College.
• Has tried approximately 45 cases, almost all of which he served as sole counsel, 45 percent of which went to a jury.

Click here for his full questionnaire.

UPDATE: On his disclosure, MacBride reported assets totalling $1.148 million and liabilities of $680,000, resulting in a net worth of $468,200.

On MacBride’s Office of Government Ethics Disclosure he reported a receiving a salary/bonus from Business Software Alliance of $412,000.