Alan Vinegrad
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Alan Vinegrad is a New York City lawyer
who served as interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 2001 to 2002.
Vinegrad is a partner in the New York Office of the law firm of Covington & Burling
. He currently is involved in defense of accused white collar criminals, securities regulation cases and litigations, the latter generally involving the federal government as a party.
Prior to becoming interim US Attorney Vinegrad had been Chief Assistant US Attorney, Chief of the Eastern District of New York's criminal Division and also head of its Civil Rights Litigation and General Crimes Divisions at various times. Vinegrad was one of the lawyers who was involved in pressing charges against police officers who assaulted Abner Louima
.
Vinegrad has a bachelors degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
and a JD from the New York University School of Law
. He was a law clerk for Leonard B. Sand
and Naomi Reice Buchwald
.
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
who served as interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 2001 to 2002.
Vinegrad is a partner in the New York Office of the law firm of Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP is an international law firm with offices in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Diego, and Washington, DC. The firm advises multinational corporations on significant transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters...
. He currently is involved in defense of accused white collar criminals, securities regulation cases and litigations, the latter generally involving the federal government as a party.
Prior to becoming interim US Attorney Vinegrad had been Chief Assistant US Attorney, Chief of the Eastern District of New York's criminal Division and also head of its Civil Rights Litigation and General Crimes Divisions at various times. Vinegrad was one of the lawyers who was involved in pressing charges against police officers who assaulted Abner Louima
Abner Louima
Abner Louima is a Haitian who was assaulted, brutalized and forcibly sodomized with the handle of a bathroom plunger by New York City police officers after being arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub in 1997....
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Vinegrad has a bachelors degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and a JD from the New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
. He was a law clerk for Leonard B. Sand
Leonard B. Sand
Leonard Burke Sand is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Sand received a B.S. from the New York University School of Commerce in 1947 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1951. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional...
and Naomi Reice Buchwald
Naomi Reice Buchwald
Naomi Reice Buchwald is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.- Background :...
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