SDNY announces the new chief of the criminal division: former Cooley LLP partner Laura Grossfield Birger.
Fun fact: A different ex-Cooley partner represented Trump in his since-withdrawn lawsuit against @BillMaher for offering $5 million for proof he's not an orangutan's spawn.
Fun fact: A different ex-Cooley partner represented Trump in his since-withdrawn lawsuit against @BillMaher for offering $5 million for proof he's not an orangutan's spawn.
Here to jog your memory on that old suit is my West Coast colleague @MReynoldsWriter. courthousenews.com/trump-not-desc…
This is true, though Balber is now with a different law firm.
There's another Russia probe tie: As @emptywheel noted, Birger represented Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan, who admitted to lying to Mueller's investigators. courthousenews.com/mueller-files-…
There's another Russia probe tie: As @emptywheel noted, Birger represented Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan, who admitted to lying to Mueller's investigators. courthousenews.com/mueller-files-…
Pictured: Mueller's letter last year to Laura Grossfield Birger, in her capacity as then-attorney for Alex van der Zwaan.
Today, Birger became the chief of the criminal division in SDNY, a district that looms large in the Russia probe.
My write-up: courthousenews.com/new-sdny-recru…
Today, Birger became the chief of the criminal division in SDNY, a district that looms large in the Russia probe.
My write-up: courthousenews.com/new-sdny-recru…
