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'''Uzodinma Asonye''' is an American attorney. He is the Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia]]. |
'''Uzodinma Asonye''' is an American attorney. He is the Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia]]. |
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Asonye attended [[Homewood-Flossmoor High School]] in [[Flossmoor, Illinois]], and graduated 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]]. He then went to work 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-uzo-asonye-flossmoor-st-0815-story.html|title=Homewood-Flossmoor grad leading prosecution in Manafort trial one of many high achieving alumni - Daily Southtown|author=Donna Vickroy|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 14, 2018|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Betsy |
Asonye attended [[Homewood-Flossmoor High School]] in [[Flossmoor, Illinois]], and graduated 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]]. He then went to work 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-uzo-asonye-flossmoor-st-0815-story.html|title=Homewood-Flossmoor grad leading prosecution in Manafort trial one of many high achieving alumni - Daily Southtown|author=Donna Vickroy|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 14, 2018|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Betsy Swan|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-muellers-new-army |title=Inside Mueller's New Army|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=January 10, 2020|newspaper=The Daily Beast}}</ref> [[Robert Mueller]] brought Asonye onto the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|Special Counsel investigation team]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Fisher, Marc|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/manafort-on-trial-a-scorched-earth-prosecutor-and-not-a-mention-of-trump/2018/07/31/848e831e-9508-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html|title=Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 31, 2018|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> Asonye was the lead attorney of [[Paul Manafort]]'s [[Trials of Paul Manafort#Trial in Virginia|Virginia criminal trial]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Lynn Sweet|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/8/1/18413679/paul-manafort-s-prosecutor-uzo-asonye-grew-up-in-suburban-chicago|title=Paul Manafort's prosecutor Uzo Asonye: Grew up in suburban Chicago|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=August 1, 2018|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:42, 10 January 2020
Uzodinma Asonye is an American attorney. He is the Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Asonye attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, and graduated 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. He then went to work 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.[1][2] Robert Mueller brought Asonye onto the Special Counsel investigation team.[3] Asonye was the lead attorney of Paul Manafort's Virginia criminal trial.[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Betsy Swan (July 11, 2018). "Inside Mueller's New Army". The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lynn Sweet (August 1, 2018). "Paul Manafort's prosecutor Uzo Asonye: Grew up in suburban Chicago". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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