Surya Saxena, a former assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesota, has reportedly emerged as a finalist for the top federal prosecutor post in the state, according to Minnesota-based Sahan Journal.Â
Saxena, an Indian American whoâs currently the senior associate general counsel at UnitedHealthcare in Minnetonka, joins two other names in the running for the high-profile job: Andy Luger, a former U.S. attorney (2014â2017), who is currently a partner at international law firm Jones Day; and Lola Velazquez-Aguilu, a former assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesota who is currently a lead counsel for a product line at Medtronic.
Sahan Journal learned of Saxenaâs status from sources who were not authorized to comment on the potential nominees. Saxena declined to comment.
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The Ripples of Syria
We will welcome Jomana Qaddour, nonresident senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council.
About this Event
A decade in, the intractable conflict in Syria shows no signs of slowing or disentangling, and ripples continue to be felt through Syrian society, governance, and the larger region. Jomana Qaddour, nonresident senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council, will help us examine where the Syrian conflict stands today, the impacts it has had on Syrian governance and society and on neighboring states and communities, and what the prospects are in the short and medium terms.
Canceled for not calling her out: Second Georgetown Law professor resigns after failing to correct colleague who was fired for saying black students are plain bottom of her class in leaked Zoom call
David Batson was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into his conversation with Professor Sandra Sellers that went viral last week
On Saturday Georgetown confirmed that Batson had submitted his resignation
Sellers, 62, was fired after video showed her complaining to Batson about how black students were predominantly at the bottom of her class
Neither Batson nor Sellers appeared to realized their Zoom call was still being recorded after they dismissed students from a video lecture