FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 Washington, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, joined by Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, today welcomed newly arrived Honors Program attorneys to the Department of Justice. Each year, the Attorney General personally addresses the incoming Honors Program attorneys and commends them for their commitment to public service.
"You have chosen to serve your nation here at the Department of Justice. I am inspired by the desire of such bright new lawyers to serve the public interest, and I am confident that your experience here will prove to be an outstanding start to your legal career," said Attorney General Ashcroft. "As you embark on careers in the law, you bear the awesome responsibility of understanding, seeking, and defending justice." The Honors Program is one of the largest and most widely recognized entry-level legal recruitment programs in the nation. Established in 1953, it continuously has served as the Department's recruitment program for outstanding third-year law students, graduate law students, and Judicial Law Clerks. Ten Department components formally participated in the 2001-2002 Honors Program that hired the new attorneys recognized today: the Antitrust Division; the Civil Division; the Civil Rights Division; the Criminal Division; the Environment and Natural Resources Division; the Executive Office For Immigration Review; the Federal Bureau of Prisons; the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the Tax Division; and the United States Trustee Program. Two smaller Department organizations, the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review and the Drug Enforcement Administration, informally participated with each hiring one new attorney. Honors Program attorneys are selected in November each year, and enter on duty between October and December of the following year after graduation from law school or completion of a judicial clerkship.
The 2001-2002 Honors Program attorneys are: ANTITRUST Beaird, Jill Bell, Carol Biehl, Elieka Blonder, David Comenetz, Aaron Gordon, Nicole Hunter, Amanda Laise, Caroline Litvinoff, Eugene Luongo, Jeremiah Malawer, Gregg Martino, Jeffrey Mazumdar, Joseph McDowell, John David Mobley, David Negrette, Jeffrey Pletcher, Mark Proctor, Stacy Rodriguez, Juan Sanchez, Veronica Wilson, William CIVIL Bressler, Steven Brooks, Jennifer Carlucci Ashworth, Cristina Christian, Forrest Crane-Hirsch, Daniel Diller, Paul Dowd, Jamie Goulka, Jeremiah Hancock, Catherine Knepper, John Mahboubi, Neysun McGhee, Margaret Neal, John Noronha, Preeya Perez, Luis Sankar, Sambhav Sawyer, Logan Thies, Susan Thresher, Michelle Virelli, Louis CIVIL RIGHTS Bangs, Elizabeth Cremin, Kevin Geller, Clare Leonard, Danielle Low, Daniel Miller, Angela Ruisanchez, Alberto Schneider, Todd CRIMINAL DeMaio, Jerry Malagold, David Mandelker, Sigal Oestreicher, Stephan Phipps, Eugenia ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Boyte, Camilla Cassidy, Kevin Crowley, Stephen Fischer, Lauren Katselas, Anna Konschnik, Katherine Lukas Jackson, Jennifer McNeil, Bridget Sanders, Matthew Smith, Daniel Thomas, Pilar Toth, Brian EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW Arsenault, Moira Brown, Kimberly Burford, Mary Chugh, Amit Compagno, Lisa Cottrell, Mark Derwin, Christine Doughten, Robert Dyson, Stephanie Earle, Tamala Egy, Julie Eilers, Karolyn Emanuel, Gina Foote, Megan Garcia, Rebecca Gasparian, Kathleen Glauner, Lindsay Grandle, Brooke Hershkowitz, Jackie Keel, Tamesha Kim, Edwin Laden, Kevin Maksrivorawan, Jailuk Maloney, Sarah Mlynar, Maria Nielsen, Justin Nordhal, Blake Parikh, Tanya Patterson, Jamy Ricky, Martha Sanders, Hope Shah, Rahul Sterner, Kimberly Stevens, Elizabeth Tao, Betsy Walsh, Ada-Marie Wetmore, Jennifer Wonder, Patricia FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS Desai, Rina Dillon, Monica Geiger, Andrea Lockridge, Michael IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION Aina, Nathan Berry, Megan Blivaiss, Jeffrey Cheung, Grace Choi, Raphael Devine, Elizabeth Falcone, Michael Franke, Lindsay Goring, Richard Guardino, Michelle Halliday-Roberts, Catherine Handjani, Amir Hoffman, Amanda Hysell, Anna Jarrett, Shaheewa O'Driscoll, Cara Onyewuchi, Morris Owens, Jessica Park, Joseph Partida, Ana Phillips, Michelle Pressman, Christian Richards, William Rosen, Benjamin Salvano, Dana Schultz, Lisa St. John, Christopher Stabile, Francesca Wachsmann, Josef Weisholtz, Adam TAX Auchterlonie, Jennifer Bower, Rebecca Brown, Jennifer Carlisle, Lea Dale, Ivan Dickinson, Nicholas Egan, Christopher Gregory, Karen Hauser, Bethany Hofig, Carolyn Hrones, William Latterell, Richard Maietta, Christopher McAdams, John Neiman, Jeffrey Raum, Michael Reiferson, Barry TAX (continued) Schieber, Valerie Vozne, Jennifer U.S. TRUSTEES Mansfield, Michele Schmidt, Erin Tracy, Lisa OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE POLICY AND REVIEW Franklin, Carrie DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION Holder, Elizabeth 03-163
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