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Feb 20, 2021 · February 20, 2021. Last March, after President Trump declaimed that the only way he could lose the election was if there was fraud, Seth Waxman couldn’t sleep. A member of the tiny, élite club of...
- Jane Mayer
- Alamdar S. Hamdani
- Jennifer Lowery
- Ted Imperato
- Krystal Walker
- John Pearson
- Daniel Hu
- Carmen Mitchell
U.S. Attorney
Alamdar Hamdani is the 24thUnited States Attorney (USA) for the Southern District of Texas. Nominated by President Biden in October 2022 and confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2022, Hamdani is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX). The district was established in 1902 and encompasses seven divisions with federal district courts in Houston, Galveston, Victoria, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, McAllen and Laredo. As USA, Hamdani supervis...
First Assistant U.S. Attorney
Lowery joined the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) in 2008, but has been with the Department of Justice since 2000. She first served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and then an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the Eastern District of Texas. During this time, she was detailed to Washington D.C. and New York, New York, as a hearing officer for the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund. She later worked in Washington D.C. in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and Executive Office for US...
Chief – Criminal Division
Imperato began his career with the SDTX in 2003. Since that time, he has served as an AUSA in Violent Crimes, Narcotics Enforcement, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force/Organized Crime and National Security/Public Corruption sections. In 2016, he became the deputy criminal chief of the National Security and Public Corruption section. He has been the Criminal Chief since December 2020. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO)-SDTX, Imperato was with the Montgomery County Pros...
Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney
Walker joined the office in 2016. Since then, she has served as an AUSA in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions, prosecuting white collar crimes and defending the United States and its agencies in employment discrimination, civil immigration and Federal Torts Claims Act cases. She has also served on a detail assignment to the General Counsel’s Office for the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys. Walker previously served as an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Miss...
Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney
Pearson joined the office in 2012 and has been with DOJ since 2004. He joined DOJ through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, working as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division and senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General. While with the office, Pearson has served as an AUSA in the Major Fraud, Program Fraud and National Security & Public Corruption Sections...
Chief – Civil Division
Hu began his career with the SDTX in 1992. Since that time, he has served in the Civil Division as an AUSA, but has also handled criminal cases and argued appeals at the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Federal Circuit. Prior to becoming the chief of the Civil Division in 2016, he served as its deputy chief. In 2008, Hu led the first Border Fence condemnation team which dealt with 54 miles of land. From 2014-16, he was part of the team handling Texas v United States, the n...
Chief – Appellate Division
Mitchell began her career with the SDTX in 2008. Since that time, she has served as an AUSA in the Appellate Division where she authored direct appeals briefs and post-conviction responses, provided trial assistance to the Criminal Division, reviewed and edited briefs, presented at least 19 oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit and conducted trainings. Prior to becoming the chief of the Appellate Division in 2017, she served as its deputy chief. Prior to joining the USAO, she was a Harris C...
Nov 30, 2021 · Seth Waxman, a Washington-based partner and chair of WilmerHale’s Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Practice, was recognized as a recipient of The American Lawyer’s highest honor, the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Nov 23, 2021 · An Advocate in His Element: Seth Waxman Is at Ease on the Legal Profession's Biggest Stages. The Wilmer partner and former U.S. solicitor general has been a natural in the U.S. Supreme...
Oct 2, 2024 · According to court documents and court proceedings, from Aug. 30, 2016, to Jan. 12, 2017, Adeagbo, his codefendant, Donald Ikenna Echeazu, 42, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United Kingdom extradited to the United States, and others defrauded a North Carolina university (the University) of more than $1.9 million via a BEC scheme.
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