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Nice for the resume. Kind of like when Mary Streett was Acting GC of the Commerce Department for one week. Good for him.


Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC
1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 705
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-1880
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com <x-msg://59/eschwerin@obblaw.com>
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> On Nov 22, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <smacklera@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes he and Beau started together in that office and Lou has stayed. This is a nice gesture by Zane, albeit one he made noise would happen at the beginning of this year. Now Lou will only have a couple months of being acting US Attorney...
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> ASM
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> On Nov 22, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Eric Schwerin <eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com <mailto:eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com>> wrote:
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>> Isn’t Louis Lappen a friend of Beau’s and maybe a classmate of ours?
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>>> http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20161123_U_S__Attorney_who_convicted_congressman__terrorists_and_union_thugs_to_resign.html <http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20161123_U_S__Attorney_who_convicted_congressman__terrorists_and_union_thugs_to_resign.html>
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>>> U.S. Attorney who convicted congressman, terrorists and union corruption to resign
>>> by Jeremy Roebuck <>, STAFF WRITER
>>> Zane David Memeger - who as the region's U.S. Attorney oversaw prosecutions of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, Colleen "Jihad Jane" LaRose, and members of Ironworkers Local 401 - announced his resignation Tuesday after six years in the position.
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>>> In a statement, Memeger called serving in the role the highest honor and most fulfilling duty of his legal career.
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>>> He said he plans to leave the office on Dec. 23. His first assistant, Louis D. Lappen, will lead the office of 235 federal prosecutors and support staff until the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump names a new nominee.
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>>> "The time has come for me to step away to focus on my family and explore new opportunities in the private sector," Memeger said in the statement. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
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>>> The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, working with federal agencies including the FBI, the IRS, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, has broad investigative and prosecutorial powers in Philadelphia and eight surrounding counties.
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>>> The post traditionally goes to a member of the president's political party, with the White House turning to a state's U.S. senators for guidance in filling it.
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>>> Memeger, 52, of Swarthmore, was nominated by President Obama in 2010 to replace Patrick Meehan, who served in the office during George W. Bush's presidency and left to launch his career in the U.S. Congress in 2008.
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>>> Memeger's resignation follows those of Peter J. Smith and David J. Hickton, the U.S. attorneys for Pennsylvania's two other federal judicial districts, who announced their intentions to step aside earlier this year.
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>>> Sens. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) and Bob Casey (D., Pa.) have not said whether they have begun compiling a short list of replacements.
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>>> Several potential candidates have been suggested in legal circles, including Delaware County District Attorney John J. Whelan; James Schultz, general counsel under Gov. Tom Corbett; Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan; and former federal prosecutors William McSwain, now with the Center City law firm Drinker, Biddle & Reath, and Joseph Poluka, now with Blank Rome.
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>>> Ronald D. Castille, a former Philadelphia District Attorney and the former chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has also expressed his interest in the job.
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>>> jroebuck@phillynews.com <mailto:jroebuck@phillynews.com>
>>> 215-854-2608
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>>> @jeremyrroebuck
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>>> Published: November 22, 2016 — 1:50 PM EST | Updated: November 22, 2016 — 2:21 PM EST
>>> The Philadelphia Inquirer
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>> Eric D. Schwerin
>> Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC
>> 1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
>> Suite 705
>> Washington, DC 20007
>> (202) 333-1880
>> eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com <x-msg://59/eschwerin@obblaw.com>
>> P Consider the environment before printing this email.
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