UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Eastern District of New York
Special Assistant United States Attorney.
June 2014-June 2015.
Assistant United States Attorney.
November 1991 – February 2005.
Investigated and prosecuted high-level, newsworthy, federal criminal matters; litigated appeals; sat on internal government committees including, wire-tap committees, hiring committees; and supervised numerous bureaus during a 16-year career. Detailed below are positions held, awards conferred and case highlights:
Supervisory positions held:
Chief, Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit
2000-2003
Chief, General Crimes Unit
1999-2000
Deputy Chief, Public Corruption Unit
1999
Deputy Chief, Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit
1998
Deputy Chief, Violent Enterprises Unit
1996-1998
Significant awards received
U.S. Department of Justice
National Director’s Award
for Superior Performance
1994, 1995, 1996
Stimpson Medal of Honor,
NYC Bar Association
1998
Fed. Law Enforcement Foundation Award
1996
Fed. Law Enforcement Officer’s Award
1995
Significant cases and matters handled:
Successfully investigated, prosecuted and supervised numerous cases involving money laundering, complex narcotics, public corruption, securities and mail fraud, bribery, perjury, all manners of violent crime, RICO, and murder-for–hire, including, high profile matters which were followed regularly by the New York Times and other media.
Tried numerous significant long-term, complex, federal criminal trials in district court. Supervised and conducted many long-term grand jury investigations. Coordinated and negotiated multi-federal and state agency enforcement directives. Supervised international and multi-jurisdictional narcotics and money laundering cases involving wiretapping and other court ordered intrusions into drug cartels throughout the world, particularly in South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Thailand, Myan Mar, Nigeria, and Afghanistan.
Briefed and argued over 20 appeals before the Second Circuit in cases involving sufficiency, habeas corpus and procedural and substantive criminal law, and sentencing issues.
Led and participated in multiple internal managerial aspects of the Office, including important committees.
CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNAL PUBLIC INTEGRITY,
Columbia Law School
April 2014 – present. Board member.
Learn more about Margaret Friedberg as a board member.
FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL, New York
September 2013- 2015. Adjunct Professor of Appellate Drafting and Litigation.
MILBANK TWEED HADLEY & McCLOY, New York City
Associate in litigation and bankruptcy departments.
October 1989-September 1991
THE HONORABLE CAROL BAGLEY AMON, CHIEF JUDGE, RETIRED
United States District Court
Eastern District of New York
Law Clerk.
September 1988-August 1989
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
J.D. May 1988.
Editor, Urban Law Journal. Published Note.
BARNARD COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
B.A. in English, conferred cum laude. May 1985. Dean’s List all years.
BOARDS
Columbia Law School Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (CAPI)
Friedberg Foundation
REFERENCES:
References available on request.