Uzo Asonye

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Uzodinma Asonye is an American attorney. He is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell and the former Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Early life and education

Asonye was born to a Nigerian American family. [1] He attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, graduating in 1998. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[ citation needed ]

Career

After college, he worked for the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, before joining the United States Attorney's office as deputy chief in the financial crimes and public corruption unit. [2] [3] Robert Mueller brought Asonye onto the Special Counsel investigation team. [4] Asonye was the lead attorney of Paul Manafort's Virginia criminal trial. [5] In 2021, he joined Davis Polk & Wardwell as a member of the firm's white collar team. [6]

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References

  1. "How Nigerian-American Uzo Asonye tackled Babangida's ex-lobbyist in U.S. court". August 13, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  2. Donna Vickroy (August 14, 2018). "Homewood-Flossmoor grad leading prosecution in Manafort trial one of many high achieving alumni - Daily Southtown". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  3. Betsy Swan (July 11, 2018). "Inside Mueller's New Army". The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. Fisher, Marc (July 31, 2018). "Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump". The Washington Post . Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. Lynn Sweet (August 1, 2018). "Paul Manafort's prosecutor Uzo Asonye: Grew up in suburban Chicago". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  6. "Davis Polk welcomes veteran federal prosecutor Uzo Asonye as white collar partner in DC". Davis Polk. Retrieved September 8, 2021.