Thursday, August 30, 1999

DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROWN APPOINTS 20 NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today the appointment of 20 recent law school graduates as Assistant District Attorneys. The new prosecutors were sworn at a ceremony in the District Attorney's Office recently.

District Attorney Brown said, "These young men and women were selected in a nationwide recruitment program that I established soon after I became the District Attorney. They are bright young professionals from some of the nation's finest law schools who have elected to enter public service. I am proud to appoint them to serve the people of Queens County. I know that they will serve with distinction."

The Class of 1999 will begin their prosecutorial careers with an intensive month-long training course supervised by Executive Assistant District Attorney Andrew L. Zwerling and led by Assistant District Attorney Steven L. Schwartz, Director of Trial Advocacy.

Over the next several weeks, the new prosecutors will improve their knowledge of the law and enhance their trial advocacy skills through lectures, courtroom observation and mock hearings. They will also receive practical, hands-on experience by going out on patrol will police officers, participating in simulations at the New York Police Department's Tactics House and studying firearms at the Police Department's outdoor firing range. The course also includes visits to correctional and alternative sentencing facilities.

After completing their initial training, the Class of 1999 will commence a carefully structured multi-year program designed to guarantee expertise in all areas of a prosecution. Initially, they will be assigned to the Intake, Criminal Court and Family Court Bureaus. Thereafter, they will work in the Appeals, Grand Jury and Homicide Investigations Bureaus. Finally, after about two years, they will enter an intensive trial training program prior to being assigned to the Supreme Court Trial Bureau.

The new prosecutors and the law schools from which they graduated are: Vered Adoni, Cardoza; Jason Bassett, Boston College; Mary Bejarano, Syracuse; Courtney Goodloe, Fordham; Jennifer Hagan, St. John's; Mitchell Kleinman, Cardoza; Eric Krejci, Brooklyn; Anthony Luis, Western New England; Jerry Marti, Cornell; Joshua Martin, Suffolk; Sejal Mehta, Northeastern; Kathleen Murray, Hofstra; Krishna O'Neal, Albany; Kim Peterson, Brooklyn; Impirika Quinzon, Albany; Laura Ross, Georgetown; Dan Schlachet, Cardoza; Patrick Sheehan, Albany; Michael Tarbutton, Fordham; Theresa Tebbett, St. John's.