Wifredo A. Ferrer | |
---|---|
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | |
In office July 16, 2010 –March 3, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Alexander Acosta |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Gerald Greenberg |
Personal details | |
Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Hialeah,Florida |
Residence(s) | Miami,Florida,United States |
Alma mater | University of Miami,University of Pennsylvania |
Wifredo A. "Willy" Ferrer (born 1966) is the former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. He was nominated on February 24,2010,by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate on April 22,2010. He was sworn in on July 16,2010,in Miami,Florida. As United States Attorney,he was the chief federal law enforcement officer for the District. [1] Ferrer is currently the Chair of Holland &Knight's Global Compliance and Investigations Team.
Ferrer earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Miami in 1987. He then continued his education in law at the University of Pennsylvania,graduating cum laude in 1990.
Ferrer was born in Hialeah,Florida in 1966,and attended Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School. After graduating law school in 1990,he clerked for then District Judge Stanley Marcus. Upon completing his clerkship in Fall 1991,he joined the Miami law firm of Steel,Hector &Davis where he remained for three years. Ferrer then returned to public service,first as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),and later as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to then Attorney General Janet Reno.
After five years at the Department of Justice,Ferrer returned to Miami in 2000 to become an Assistant United States Attorney. While at the United States Attorney's Office,he served in the Public Integrity and National Security Section,the Economic Crimes Section,the Major Crimes Section and the Appellate Division of the Office. As an Assistant United States Attorney,he handled and tried numerous high-profile matters,including international money laundering,health care fraud,narcotics,international human rights abuses,immigration and firearms offenses.
In 2006,Ferrer joined the Miami-Dade County Attorney's office,where he was an Assistant County Attorney and chief of the Federal Litigation Section. [2]
In March 2017,Ferrer stepped down from his position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida [3] and joined the law firm of Holland &Knight in its Miami office as a partner and head of the firm's Global Compliance and Investigations Team. [4]
During his career,Ferrer has been recognized as one of the Top Government Attorneys by both South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Legal Elite. In addition,he received the Attorney General's Medal in 2000,and Superior Performance and Special Merit Awards for his work as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. [5]
Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County,Florida,United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census,Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida,which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people at the 2018 census. It is located west-northwest of Miami,and is one of a few places in the county—others being Homestead,Miami Beach,Surfside,Bal Harbour,Sunny Isles Beach,and Golden Beach—to have its own street grid numbered separately from the rest of the county.
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother,Mario Díaz-Balart,who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district,succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. After leaving Congress,he started a law practice and a consulting firm,both based in Miami,Florida.
Cecilia María Altonaga is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a federal judge in the United States.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.
Raúl L. Martínez is a former mayor of Hialeah,Florida,United States. He is a Democrat and was mayor for 24 years,first elected in 1981 and was the Democratic congressional candidate for Florida's 21st congressional district in 2008.
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School is a public high school operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools,located at 7977 West Twelfth Avenue in Hialeah,Florida,United States,on the boundary with the city of Miami Lakes.
Marcia Gail Cooke was an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Wilkie Demeritte Ferguson Jr. was an American lawyer and judge. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,as well as serving on the Florida Third District Court of Appeal and the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
Eugene P. Spellman was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Alan Stephen Gold is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Kathleen Mary Williams is United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She previously served as the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida.
Robin Stacie Rosenbaum is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2014. She previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 2012 to 2014.
Darrin Phillip Gayles is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and former Florida Circuit Court judge.
Mary Riley Flores is a Florida attorney in private practice and a former Democratic candidate for Florida's 25th congressional district in the 2018 election. From 2003 to 2011,she served as a judge on Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court. President Barack Obama nominated her to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2015,but her nomination expired without being voted on by the United States Senate.
Roy Kalman Altman is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and former Florida state court judge.
Rodney Smith is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Amit Agarwal formerly served as Solicitor General of Florida,an office he held since June 2016. In October 2021,Agarwal joined the law firm of Holland &Knight as a partner.
Linda Lopez is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She previously served as a magistrate judge of the same court.
Markenzy Lapointe is an American lawyer who serves as United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida since January 2023.