Biden U.S. Attorney Pick Is $4 Million-a-Year Lawyer (Corrected)

Aug. 31, 2021, 8:12 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 1, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

Breon Peace, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. attorney in New York, earns just over $4 million a year through his Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partnership, a federal disclosure form shows.

As a white collar defender and litigator he has represented companies including Morgan Stanley, PwC, American Airlines Group Inc., and HSBC Bank, according to his Office of Government Ethics disclosure form.

If confirmed, Peace would take over for the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Jacquelyn Kasulis. Her predecessor in the interim position, Mark Lesko, was involved in the successful prosecution of Keith ...

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