Pakistan-born Saima Mohsin becomes first federal Muslim woman prosecutor in US
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Saima Mohsin. Photo: Detroit Free Press
Saima Mohsin will take charge as acting US attorney for Michigan s Eastern District on Feb 2
Saima Mohsin was earlier serving as First Assistant United States Attorney since March 2018
Incumbent Mathew Schneider says Saima Mohsin is the first woman, immigrant, Muslim United States Attorney in American history
It has just been a week since President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump and America has seen several firsts during this short time.
Last week, the administration made another record as it appointed the first Muslim woman attorney in the US by naming Pakistani-born Saima Mohsin as the acting US attorney for Michigan s Eastern District.
A New York City man who who stokes tensions after the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this by month and urged supporters to assassinate members of Congress, is now in custody and i .
Federal prosecutor Schneider resigns as Trump leaves office, will join private law firm based in Detroit
Saima Mohsin will serve as acting US Attorney
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DETROIT – United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced on Thursday that he has resigned from his position.
Schneider submitted his resignation letter to President Joe Biden shortly after Biden was sworn into office on Wednesday. His last day will be on Feb. 1. He will be joining a private law firm based in Detroit.
Schneider will be joining Honigman as a partner and co-leader of Honigman’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice as well as a member of the Government Relations and Regulatory Practice. Honigman LLP is a business law firm with more than 60 practice areas. It is headquartered in Detroit.
UpdatedThu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:09 pm ET
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DETROIT, MI A U.S. attorney involved in several key federal cases in Michigan is resigning.
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider submitted his letter of resignation to President Joe Biden Wednesday shortly after the president was sworn into office, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. Schneider s resignation is effective Feb. 1.
Schneider will be joining Honigman, a private law firm in Detroit, in February as a partner and co-leader of the firm s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice, the law firm confirmed to Patch Thursday.
Subscribe It has been the honor of my lifetime to serve the people of Eastern Michigan, alongside the incredibly hard-working team at the U.S. Attorney s Office, Schneider said Thursday in a statement. In the last three years, this team has overcome tremendous challenges, from the longest federal government shutdown in American history, to an enormous rise in violent crime, the greatest increa
HAMMOND- The United States Attorneyâs Office announced that Gary T. Bell is now the Acting United States Attorney.
The Vacancies Reform Act (VRA), 5 U.S.C. § 3345(a)(1), provides that when a presidentially appointed U. S. Attorney resigns, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney (âFAUSAâ) of that office automatically becomes Acting U.S. Attorney. As a result of Thomas L. Kirschâs resignation, Gary T. Bell is now the Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana.
Mr. Bell has held the FAUSA position since earlier this year and has been in a Supervisory Attorney position since 2014. Mr. Bell joined the U.S. Attorneyâs office in June of 1999 as an Assistant United States Attorney. At that time, Mr. Bell focused on violent and drug related crimes and worked mostly with the GRIT task force.