By Allan Lengel tickethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of U.S. District Judge Beverly Martin, a former U.S. Attorney, to the federal court of appeals judge in Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Martin joins the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Georgia, Alabama and Florida. “It is humbling that…
Loretta Lynch/law firm photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — With still plenty slots to fill nationwide, President Obama on Wednesday nominated lawyers for U.S. Attorney posts in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, the website Main Justice reported. The nominees, according to Main Justice, include Stephanie Finley for the Western District of Louisiana; …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Eric Holder Jr., the nation’s first black Attorney General, on Monday swore in Carmen Milagros Ortiz as Massachusetts’ first woman and Hispanic U.S. Attorney. The two first met 30 years ago when Holder was a young lawyer in the Justice Department and Ortiz was a law student serving an internship in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Michael B. Ward has been plucked from the FBI mothership to head the agency’s Newark Division, starting in March. Ward, currently the assistant director of Counterrorism Division’s Operations Branch II at headquarters, started his FBI career in 1988 and spent the first nine years in the Dallas office dealing…
Shawn Henry/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Shawn Henry, a cybersecurity expert from FBI headquarters, is the new head of the FBI Washington field office, the Washington Post reported. Henry replaces Joseph Persichini Jr., who stepped down on Christmas Day. John Perren, special agent in charge of the office’s counterterrorism division, had been…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Donald W. Washington, the first African American to serve as U.S. Attorney in Shreveport, La., is stepping down, effective Jan. 18. “It has been a high honor and great privilege to serve as United States Attorney, and to work alongside so many talented and dedicated professionals in service to our country…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A veteran FBI agent in New Orleans has been tapped as the new police chief for the city of Mandeville, a suburb of New Orleans, the New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting. Percy “Rick” Richard III, who has served a special agent in New Orleans since 1991, supervises 15 agents and five…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Houston U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson announced his resignation Wednesday, effective Feb. 13. Johnson will join a private law firm in the Houston area, according to a press release issued by his office. Johnson has served as U.S. Attorney since November 2008. He replaced U.S. attorney Don DeGabrielle.
