Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American politician,lawyer,and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected to the same position that his father,Mario Cuomo,held for three terms as the 52nd governor.
The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight New York counties:New York (Manhattan),Bronx,Westchester,Putnam,Rockland,Orange,Dutchess,and Sullivan. Established by the Judiciary Act of 1789,the office represents the United States government in criminal and civil cases across the country. The SDNY handles a broad array of cases,including but not limited to those involving white collar crime,domestic terrorism,cybercrime,public corruption,organized crime,and civil rights disputes.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered at One Liberty Plaza in New York City. Known as a white shoe law firm,Cleary employs over 1,200 lawyers worldwide.
Dewey Ballantine LLP was a corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. In 2007,Dewey Ballantine merged with LeBoeuf,Lamb,Greene &MacRae to form Dewey &LeBoeuf. Dewey Ballantine underwent numerous name changes throughout its history as partners left to serve in government positions or form new firms.
Martin H. Tankleff is an American man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his wealthy parents,Seymour and Arlene Tankleff,on September 7,1988,when he was 17 years old. After serving almost 18 years of imprisonment,his conviction was vacated and he was released from prison in 2007. He is now an attorney.
Emory Roy Buckner was a prominent U.S. lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,where he gained a reputation as one of the greatest prosecutors in American history. During his time at Root,Clark &Bird,he was also one of the architects of modern Wall Street's legal culture.
Dewey &LeBoeuf LLP was a global law firm headquartered in New York City,United States. Some of the firm's leaders were indicted for fraud for their role in allegedly cooking the company's books to obtain loans while hiding the firm's financial plight. The firm was formed in 2007 through the merger of Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf,Lamb,Greene &MacRae. Dewey &LeBoeuf was known for its corporate,insurance,litigation,tax,and restructuring practices. At the time of its bankruptcy filing,it employed over 1,000 lawyers in 26 offices around the world.
Paul Jerome Curran was an American Republican politician who served in the New York State Assembly and fought corruption as a federal prosecutor and as the state's commissioner of investigation.
Christina M. "Tina" Tchen is an American lawyer and a former official in the President Barack Obama Administration. She was CEO of Time's Up from 2019 to 2021,when she resigned following allegations that she provided legal aid to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo when sexual harassment allegations were made public. Her work centers on issues related to gender inequity,sexual harassment,and lack of diversity in the workplace.
Leslie N. Silverman is a partner with the international law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLP Silverman also serves as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.
Preetinder Singh Bharara is an Indian-born American lawyer and former federal prosecutor who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. He is currently a partner at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for five years prior to leading the Southern District of New York.
Evan Anderson Davis is a New York City attorney with the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton,and a former president of the New York City Bar Association.
Lorna Gail Tiangco Schofield is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
David M. Becker is an American lawyer and a partner of Cleary Gottlieb. He was twice General Counsel and Senior Policy Director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Roberta Ann Kaplan,also known as Robbie Kaplan,is an American lawyer focusing on commercial litigation and public interest matters. Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor,in United States v. Windsor,a landmark decision that invalidated a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and required the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. She was a partner at Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison before starting her own firm in 2017. In 2018,she co-founded the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.
Debra S. Katz is an American civil rights and employment lawyer and a founding partner of Katz Banks Kumin in Washington,D.C. She is best known for representing alleged victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment,notably Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,Vanessa Tyson,Chloe Caras,and accusers of Congressmen Pat Meehan and Eric Massa,and whistleblowers facing retaliation,including most recently Dr. Rick Bright. Katz's primary practice areas at her firm are employment and whistleblower law,where she represents victims of workplace discrimination and retaliation.
Solomon Louis Wisenberg is an American lawyer,legal analyst,and former Chief of the Financial Institution Fraud Unit in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. From 1997 to 1999,he served as Associate and Deputy Independent Counsel under Kenneth W. Starr during the Whitewater Investigation &Clinton-Lewinsky Investigations. Wisenberg was a frequent commentator on legal issues related to the investigation of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that resulted in a finding of insufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy.
Audrey Strauss is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from June 20,2020,to October 10,2021. Previously the deputy U.S. Attorney,Strauss became the acting U.S. Attorney after the previous U.S. attorney,Geoffrey Berman,was fired by President Donald Trump at the request of Attorney General William Barr. On December 22,2020,the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,effective January 16,2021,and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546(d),unanimously appointed Strauss as U.S. Attorney for an indeterminate term.
Andrew Cuomo,the 56th governor of New York,was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women starting in December 2020,with the accusations covering a range of alleged behavior. He denied all allegations and has apologized for his comments being interpreted as sexually charged. On February 28,2021,New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she would hire and deputize a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations. On March 11,the New York State Assembly authorized an impeachment investigation into the allegations. In August 2021,James released an investigatory report which stated that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women during his time in office,with actions such as unwanted groping,kissing and sexual comments. The controversy surrounding these allegations culminated in Governor Cuomo's resignation from office. Cuomo was replaced by his Lieutenant Governor,Kathy Hochul.
Melissa DeRosa is an American former government official. She served as Secretary to the former Governor of New York,Andrew Cuomo,from 2017 until 2021. In 2023,she released a memoir titled What’s Left Unsaid:My Life at the Center of Power,Politics &Crisis.
