United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
{{Short description|Chief federal law enforcement officer in eight New York counties}}
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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
| type = Department
| seal = Seal of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.png
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| formed = {{Start date|1789|9|24}} by the Judiciary Act of 1789
| jurisdiction = Southern District of New York
| headquarters = Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
| chief1_name = Jay Clayton (Interim)
| chief1_position = U.S. Attorney
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| parent_agency = United States Department of Justice
| website = {{URL|justice.gov/usao-sdny}}
| map = Jurisdiction of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.jpg
| map_caption = Southern District of New York
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The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight contiguous New York counties: the counties (coextensive boroughs of New York City) of New York (Manhattan) and Bronx, and the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. Established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, the office represents the United States government in criminal and civil cases across the country. The SDNY handles a broad array of cases, including but not limited to those involving white collar crime, domestic terrorism, cybercrime, public corruption, organized crime, and civil rights disputes.
The Southern District has earned itself the moniker the "Sovereign District of New York".{{cite news|last1=Weiser|first1=Benjamin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/nyregion/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html|title=With Preet Bharara's Dismissal, Storied Office Loses Its Top Fighter|date=March 10, 2017|work=New York Times|last2=Rashbaum|first2=William K.|quote=In past presidential transitions, the storied office, long known to be so independent of Washington that some people referred to it as the Sovereign District of New York, has in large measure moved forward unaffected by politics.}}{{cite book |last1=Beale |first1=Sara Sun |author-link=Sara Sun Beale |title=Prosecutors in the Boardroom: Using Criminal Law to Regulate Corporate conduct |publisher=NYU Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780814787038 |editor1-last=Barkow |editor1-first=Anthony S. |page=206 |chapter=What Are the Rules if Everybody Wants to Play? |quote=Finally, in some multijurisdictional cases there have been turf battles rather than cooperation. For example, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York ... Press accounts have noted the perception that the 'Sovereign District of New York' ... doesn't necessar[il]y play well with others. |editor2-last=Barkow |editor2-first=Rachel E. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMUt-ZENDYcC&q=%22Sovereign+District+of+New+York%22&pg=PA206}} Its resources, culture, and accompanying FBI field office have given the SDNY a reputation for being exceptionally aggressive in its pursuit of criminals.{{cite book |last1=McDermott |first1=Terry |last2=Meyer |first2=Josh |year=2012 |title=The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed|url=https://archive.org/details/huntforksminside0000mcde |url-access=registration |publisher=Little, Brown |page=PT42 |isbn=9780316202732|quote=This was sometimes referred to—mockingly, but enviously, too—as the Sovereign District of New York. It was in many ways a separate fiefdom from the rest of the Bureau, creating its own rules and procedures. The agent in charge of the office, unlike all but one other agent in charge, held the rank of an assistant director of the entire FBI.}}{{cite magazine|last1=Ragavan|first1=Chitra|title=The pardon buck stops in New York: U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White takes the lead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KmnuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sovereign+District+of+New+York%22|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|date=March 26, 2001|volume=130|issue=12|page=24|quote=The Bush administration has left the answer largely in the hands of White, a registered independent, whose office, because of its legendary independence and tenacity, is known as the 'sovereign district'.}} Due to its jurisdiction over the New York City borough of Manhattan, the preeminent financial center of the United States of America, the office's incumbent is often nicknamed the "Sheriff of Wall Street".{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/preet-bharara-the-sheriff-of-wall-street-urges-gop-to-hold-trump-accountable-2017-5|title='History will judge this moment': The 'Sheriff of Wall Street' urges Republican lawmakers to hold Trump accountable|last=Relman|first=Eliza|date=May 15, 2017|website=Business Insider|access-date=March 10, 2020}}
Organization
The office is organized into two divisions handling civil and criminal matters. The Southern District of New York also has two offices: in Manhattan and White Plains. The office employs approximately 220 assistant U.S. attorneys.[http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/divisions.html Organization and Operation, U.S. Attorney's Office]
List of U.S. attorneys
In 1814, the District of New York was divided into the Northern and the Southern District.{{Cite web|date=March 10, 2020|title=Southern District of New York|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny|access-date=March 10, 2020|website=www.justice.gov|language=en}}
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! colspan="2" |Term ! colspan="2" |U.S. Attorney ! colspan="2" |Party !Appointed by |
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|1 |{{dts|April 1815}} | data-sort-value="Washington, George" |File:Jonathan Fisk.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic-Republican}}"| |Democratic-Republican | data-sort-value="Adams, John" |James Madison |
| style="height:12em;"
|2 |{{dts|July 1819}} | data-sort-value="Adams, John" |File:3x4.svg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic-Republican}}"| |Democratic-Republican |
| 3
|{{dts|February 1828}} {{dts|April 1829}} |File:John Duer (1782-1858).jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic-Republican}}"| |Democratic-Republican |
| 4
|{{dts|April 1829}} {{dts|April 1834}} |File:James Alexander Hamilton.webp | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |Andrew Jackson |
| 5
|{{dts|April 1834}} {{dts|December 10, 1838}} |William M. Price | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 6
|{{dts|December 1838}} {{dts|March 1841}} |File:Benjamin Franklin Butler (U.S. Attorney General).jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 7
|{{dts|March 1841}} {{dts|March 1845}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (US)}}"| |Whig |
| 8
|{{dts|March 1845}} {{dts|September 1848}} |File:Benjamin Franklin Butler (U.S. Attorney General).jpg |Benjamin F. Butler | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="3" |James Polk |
| 9
|{{dts|September 1848}} {{dts|December 1848}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 10
|{{dts|January 1849}} |File:Lorenzo Brigham Shepard.png | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 11
|{{dts|April 1849}} |Jonathan Prescott Hall | style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (US)}}"| |Whig |
| 12
|{{dts|April 1853}} |File:Charles OConor - Brady-Handy.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |Franklin Pierce |
| 13
|{{dts|July 1854}} |File:John McKeon (New York).jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 14
|{{dts|January 1858}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |James Buchanan |
| 15
|{{dts|December 1859}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 16
|{{dts|April 1861}} |File:Edward Delafield Smith.png | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |Abraham Lincoln |
| 17
|{{dts|April 1865}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 18
|{{dts|April 1866}} | |Samuel G. Courtney | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 19
|{{dts|April 25, 1869}} |File:Edwards Pierrepont, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1865-1880.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="4" |Ulysses S. Grant |
| 20
|{{dts|July 20, 1870}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 21
|{{dts|December 31, 1872}} |George Bliss Jr. | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 22
|{{dts|January 24, 1877}} |File:Stewart L Woodford 1909.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 23
|{{dts|March 12, 1883}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 24
|{{dts|July 6, 1885}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |Grover Cleveland |
| 25
|{{dts|March 1, 1886}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 26
|{{dts|September 16, 1889}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|February 1, 1894}} – {{dts|July 23, 1894}} |Henry C. Platt{{efn|Henry C. Platt served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |rowspan="2" |Grover Cleveland |
| 27
|{{dts|July 23, 1894}} | |Wallace Macfarlane | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 28
|{{dts|January 1898}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 29
|{{dts|January 1906}} |File:Henry Stimson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1929.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 30
|{{dts|April 8, 1909}} |Henry A. Wise | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 31
|{{dts|May 7, 1913}} |File:Hudson Snowden Marshall in 1915 (cropped).jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |Woodrow Wilson |
| 32
|{{dts|April 1917}} |File:Caffey, Francis Gordon .jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 33
|{{dts|June 1921}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 34
|{{dts|March 2, 1925}} |File:Emory Buckner in 1917 (cropped).jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |Calvin Coolidge |
| 35
|{{dts|April 6, 1927}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|September 29, 1930}} – {{dts|January 1931}} | |Robert E. Manley{{efn|Robert E. Manley served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |rowspan="2" |Herbert Hoover |
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|{{dts|January 1931}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|November 22, 1933}} – {{dts|December 26, 1933}} |Thomas E. Dewey{{efn|Thomas E. Dewey served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |rowspan="10" |Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 37
|{{dts|December 26, 1933}} |File:Martin Thomas Conboy, Jr. portrait circa 1920.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| |{{dts|May 16, 1935}} – {{dts|November 20, 1935}} | |Francis W. H. Adams{{efn|Francis W. H. Adams served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 38
|{{dts|November 20, 1935}} | |Lamar Hardy | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| |{{dts|December 1938}} – {{dts|March 1939}} | |Gregory Francis Noonan{{efn|Gregory Francis Noonan served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 39
|{{dts|March 1939}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 40
|{{dts|March 1941}}{{Efn|Correa served as Acting U.S. Attorney from March to July 1941 before official confirmation to the post.|name=|group=}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| |{{dts|June 10, 1943}} – {{dts|August 2, 1943}} | |Howard F. Corcoran{{efn|Howard F. Corcoran served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 41
|{{dts|August 2, 1943}} | |James B. M. McNally | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 42
|{{dts|October 9, 1944}}{{Efn|McGohey served as Acting U.S. Attorney from October 9, 1944, to January 1945 before official confirmation to the post.|name=|group=}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 43
|{{dts|October 1949}}{{Efn|Saypol served as Acting U.S. Attorney from October 1949 to April 13, 1950, before official confirmation to the post.|name=|group=}} {{dts|September 18, 1951}} |File:Irving Howard Saypol circa 1950.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |Harry S. Truman |
| 44
|{{dts|September 18, 1951}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 45
|{{dts|April 1, 1953}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican{{Cite web|url=https://nyyrc.com/history/|title = History|work=New York Young Republican Club |access-date=15 November 2023 }} | rowspan="5" |Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| |{{dts|July 11, 1955}} – {{dts|September 1, 1955}} | |Lloyd F. MacMahon{{efn|Lloyd F. McMahon served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 46
|{{dts|September 1, 1955}} | |Paul W. Williams | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|July 9, 1958}} – {{dts|1959}} | |Arthur H. Christy{{efn|Arthur H. Christy served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 47
|{{dts|1959}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|January 31, 1961}} – {{dts|April 18, 1961}} | |Morton S. Robson{{efn|Morton S. Robson served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |John F. Kennedy |
| 48{{Efn|From September 6 to November 20, 1962, Morgenthau resigned his position to run for Governor of New York. After he was defeated, John F. Kennedy re-appointed him as U.S. Attorney. In the interim, Vincent Lyons Broderick served as acting U.S. Attorney from September 5 to November 20, 1962.|name=|group=}}
|{{dts|April 18, 1961}} |File:Robert Morgenthau at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 49
|{{dts|January 16, 1970}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |Richard Nixon |
| 50
|{{dts|June 4, 1973}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|October 31, 1975}} – {{dts|March 1, 1976}} | |Thomas J. Cahill{{efn|Thomas J. Cahill served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |Gerald Ford |
| 51
|{{dts|March 1, 1976}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|March 3, 1980}} – {{dts|May 21, 1980}} | |William M. Tendy{{efn|William M. Tendy served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |Jimmy Carter |
| 52
|{{dts|May 22, 1980}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 53
|{{dts|June 3, 1983}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|January 1, 1989}} – {{dts|October 16, 1989}} | |Benito Romano{{efn|Benito Romano served as Acting U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican | rowspan="2" |George H. W. Bush |
| 54
|{{dts|October 16, 1989}} | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| 55
|{{dts|June 1, 1993}} |File:Mary Jo White official portrait.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"| |
| 56
|{{dts|January 7, 2002}} |File:James Comey US Attorney.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| | rowspan="4" |George W. Bush |
| |{{dts|December 15, 2003}} – {{dts|September 6, 2005}} |File:David N. Kelley US Attorney.jpg |David N. Kelley{{efn|David N. Kelley served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 57
|{{dts|September 6, 2005}} |File:Michael J. Garcia US Attorney.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |{{dts|December 1, 2008}} – {{dts|August 13, 2009}} |File:Lev Dassin US Attorney.jpg |Lev Dassin{{efn|Lev Dassin served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | |Unaffiliated |
| 58
|{{dts|August 13, 2009}} |File:Bharara, Preet Headshot.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| |{{dts|March 11, 2017}} – {{dts|January 5, 2018}} |Joon Kim{{efn|Joon Kim served as interim U.S. Attorney during the vacancy}} | |{{Data missing|date=September 2020}} | rowspan="3" |Donald Trump |
| |{{dts|January 5, 2018}} – {{dts|June 20, 2020}} |File:Geoffrey S. Berman (cropped).jpg |Geoffrey Berman{{efn|Geoffrey Berman served as Interim U.S. Attorney from January 5 to April 25, 2018{{Cite press release |date=2018-04-25 |title=Statement Of U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman On Appointment By Chief Judge |language=en |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-geoffrey-s-berman-appointment-chief-judge |access-date=2018-09-04}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10bharara.html/ |title=For Manhattan's Next U.S. Attorney, Politics and Prosecution Don't Mix |work=The New York Times |date=August 9, 2009 |first=Benjamin |last=Weiser}} and as court-appointed U.S. Attorney from April 25, 2018, to June 20, 2020{{Cite web |first=Erica |last=Orden |first2=Evan |last2=Perez |first3=Shimon |last3=Prokupecz |title=Manhattan US attorney in the spotlight with another high profile investigation of Trump's inner circle |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/12/politics/who-is-geoffrey-berman/index.html |date=October 12, 2019 |access-date=2020-06-07 |website=CNN }}{{Cite web|last=Scannell|first=Kara|title=US Attorney Geoffrey Berman asserts independence from Justice Department|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/politics/berman-independence-doj/index.html|access-date=2020-06-07 |website=CNN |date=March 9, 2020 }}{{Cite web|author1=Erica Orden|author2=Kara Scannell|title=Attorney general's actions spark outrage and unease among US prosecutors|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/15/politics/william-barr-roger-stone-prosecutors-outrage/index.html |date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=2020-06-07|website=CNN}}{{Cite web|last=Spinelli|first=Dan|title=Report: Barr Protected Turkish Bank From Prosecution to Appease Erdogan|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/report-barr-protected-turkish-bank-from-prosecution-to-appease-erdogan/ |date=15 February 2020 |access-date=2020-06-07|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}}}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |
| |June 20, 2020 – October 10, 2021 |Audrey Strauss{{efn|Audrey Strauss served as Acting U.S. Attorney from June 20, 2020, until she was court-appointed U.S. Attorney on January 16, 2021}} | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic |
| 59
|October 10, 2021 |File:Damian Williams, United States Attorney 2.jpg | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}"| |Democratic | rowspan="2" |Joe Biden |
| |December 13, 2024 – January 20, 2025 | |Edward Kim (acting) |
| |January 21, 2025 – February 13, 2025 |File:Danielle sassoon (cropped).jpg |Danielle Sassoon (acting) | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}"| |Republican |rowspan="3" |Donald Trump |
| |February 13, 2025 - April 16, 2025 | |Matthew Podolsky (acting){{Cite web |date=2015-05-13 |title=Southern District of New York {{!}} Meet the Acting U.S. Attorney |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/meet-us-attorney |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}} | |
| |April 16, 2025 - Present |Jay Clayton (Interim) | | |
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Notable assistants
- Michael F. Armstrong, lawyer
- Bob Arum, boxing promoter
- Debra A. Livingston, lawyer and judge
- Neil Barofsky, special inspector general overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program
- Bernard Bell, professor at Rutgers School of Law–Newark
- Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey
- Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York and the unsuccessful Republican candidate for President in 1944 and 1948
- Eddie Eagan, former Olympic athlete
- Louis Freeh, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Patrick Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
- Felix Frankfurter, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- John Marshall Harlan II, associate justice, Supreme Court of the United States
- Elie Honig, lawyer and CNN Senior Legal Analyst
- Arthur L. Liman, criminal defense attorney
- Robert J. McGuire, former New York City Police Commissioner
- Michael Mukasey, former United States Attorney General
- Thomas Francis Murphy, federal prosecutor and judge in New York City; prosecutor in the two perjury trials of Alger Hiss
- Mary Grace Quackenbos, first woman to hold this post in the United States
- Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative from Harlem
- Henry Dwight Sedgwick, lawyer and author
- Franklin A. Thomas, former director of the Ford Foundation
- Maya Wiley (born 1964), civil rights activist and lawyer, 2021 mayoral candidate for New York City
In popular culture
= Television =
The Showtime drama series Billions is loosely based on Preet Bharara's prosecution of SAC Capital and other hedge funds.{{Cite news |date=April 2, 2017 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/billions-recap-season-2-episode-7.html|title=Billions Recap: Agents of Chaos|last=Tallerico|first=Brian|work=Vulture|access-date=2017-04-25|language=en}}
The ABC legal drama For the People depicts new defense attorneys and prosecutors working in the Southern District of New York.
The 2020 Netflix series Fear City: New York vs The Mafia documents the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Southern District of New York against the Five Families of the Italian American Mafia in the 1980s.
References
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External links
- [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Official Website]
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Category:United States attorneys for the Southern District of New York