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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Breon S. Peace
|name = Breon S. Peace
|image = Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney official.jpg
|image = Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney 2.jpg
|office = [[United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York]]
|office = [[United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York]]
|appointer = [[List of United States attorneys appointed by Joe Biden|Joe Biden]]
|appointer = [[List of United States attorneys appointed by Joe Biden|Joe Biden]]
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==Education==
==Education==


Peace received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1993 and his [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[New York University School of Law]] in 1996.<ref name="August10">{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys |date=August 10, 2021 |publisher=The White House |via=[[whitehouse.gov]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/10/president-biden-announces-eight-new-nominees-to-serve-as-u-s-attorneys/ |access-date=August 10, 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
Peace received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1993 and his [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[New York University School of Law]] in 1996.<ref name="August10">{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys |date=August 10, 2021 |publisher=The White House |via=[[whitehouse.gov]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/10/president-biden-announces-eight-new-nominees-to-serve-as-u-s-attorneys/ |access-date=August 10, 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>


==Career==
==Legal career==


Peace served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[Sterling Johnson Jr.]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] from 1997 to 1998. He was a partner at [[Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton]] in [[New York City]] from 2007 to 2022, and previously worked as an associate at the firm from 1996 to 1997, 1998 to 1999, and from 2003 to 2007. He was an acting assistant professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law from 2002 to 2003. He previously served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney]] in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York from 2000 to 2002.<ref name="August10"/>
Peace served as a [[law clerk]] for Judge [[Sterling Johnson Jr.]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York]] from 1997 to 1998. He was a partner at [[Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton]] in [[New York City]] from 2007 to 2022, and previously worked as an associate at the firm from 1996 to 1997, 1998 to 1999, and 2003 to 2007. He was an acting assistant professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law from 2002 to 2003. He previously served as an [[Assistant United States Attorney]] in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York from 2000 to 2002.<ref name="August10"/>


=== U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York ===
=== U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York ===


In March 2021, Senator [[Chuck Schumer]] recommended Peace to serve as the [[United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sommerfeldt |first1=Chris |last2=Goldberg |first2=Noah |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Schumer asks Biden to nominate first-ever Black Manhattan U.S. attorney |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-schumer-biden-sdny-nom-request-damian-williams-20210323-dqbp5pqwcrb4tld5cm53au3n4m-story.html |access-date=August 10, 2021 |website=nydailynews.com}}</ref> On August 10, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Peace to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=August 11, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |via=[[whitehouse.gov]] |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/10/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-33/}}</ref> On September 30, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by [[voice vote]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Latest Slate of U.S. Attorney Nominations |date=September 30, 2021 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-latest-slate-of-us-attorney-nominations |access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> On October 5, 2021, the [[United States Senate]] confirmed his nomination by a voice vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2021 |title=PN1036 - Nomination of Breon S. Peace for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1036 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |website=congress.gov}}</ref> On October 15, 2021, he was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York by United States Chief District Judge [[Margo Kitsy Brodie]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2021|title=Breon Peace Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/breon-peace-sworn-united-states-attorney-eastern-district-new-york|access-date=October 17, 2021|website=justice.gov|language=en}}</ref>
In March 2021, Senator [[Chuck Schumer]] recommended Peace to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sommerfeldt |first1=Chris |last2=Goldberg |first2=Noah |date=March 23, 2021 |title=Schumer asks Biden to nominate first-ever Black Manhattan U.S. attorney |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-schumer-biden-sdny-nom-request-damian-williams-20210323-dqbp5pqwcrb4tld5cm53au3n4m-story.html |access-date=August 10, 2021 |website=nydailynews.com}}</ref> On August 10, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Peace as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=August 11, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |via=[[whitehouse.gov]] |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/10/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-33/}}</ref> On September 30, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by [[voice vote]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Latest Slate of U.S. Attorney Nominations |date=September 30, 2021 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-latest-slate-of-us-attorney-nominations |access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> On October 5, 2021, the [[United States Senate]] confirmed his nomination by a voice vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2021 |title=PN1036 - Nomination of Breon S. Peace for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1036 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |website=congress.gov}}</ref> On October 15, 2021, he was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York by United States Chief District Judge [[Margo Kitsy Brodie]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2021|title=Breon Peace Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/breon-peace-sworn-united-states-attorney-eastern-district-new-york|access-date=October 17, 2021|website=justice.gov|language=en}}</ref>


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As U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Peace successfully prosecuted social media influencer Douglass Mackey for conspiring to interfere in the 2016 elections by encouraging [[Twitter]] users who supported Hillary Clinton to vote via text message.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Eastern District of New York {{!}} Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Sentenced after Conviction for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-sentenced-after-conviction-election |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>
As [[United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York]], Peace has successfully led the prosecution of several high profile cases.

* On June 29, 2022 [[R. Kelly]] was sentenced to 30 years for charges including sexual exploitation of children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title="R. Kelly" Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/r-kelly-sentenced-30-years-prison |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Attorney Breon Peace Speaks After R. Kelly Sentencing |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/local/u-s-attorney-breon-peace-speaks-after-r-kelly-sentencing/3755603/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=NBC New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
* On February 21, 2023 Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security [[Genaro García Luna]] was convicted for taking bribes from the [[Sinaloa Cartel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-21 |title=Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/ex-mexican-secretary-public-security-genaro-garcia-luna-convicted-engaging-continuing |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Santana |first=Ray Sanchez,Maria |date=2023-02-21 |title=Genaro García Luna, former Mexican public security secretary, convicted in US of taking bribes from drug cartels |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/us/genaro-garcia-luna-drug-trafficking/index.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
* On October 5, 2023 subway shooter Frank James was sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-05 |title=Frank James Sentenced to Life in Prison for Subway Mass Shooting |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/frank-james-sentenced-life-prison-subway-mass-shooting |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-05 |title=Subway Gunman Gets 10 Life Sentences, One for Each Person He Shot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/nyregion/nyc-subway-shooting-sentencing.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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* On October 18, 2023 social media influencer Douglass Mackey for conspiring to interfere in 2016 elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Sentenced after Conviction for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-sentenced-after-conviction-election |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Far-right influencer sentenced to 7 months in 2016 voter suppression scheme |url=https://apnews.com/article/right-wing-influencer-sentenced-voter-suppression-6bbf876ed7b81cb137669129350791b9 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* On December 6, 2023 Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty for using his cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato, to process over $700 million in illicit funds. As a result, Bitzlato was dissolved.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Luc |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Russian co-founder of crypto exchange Bitzlato pleads guilty in US |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/co-founder-seized-crypto-exchange-bitzlato-plead-guilty-us-2023-12-06/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-06 |title=Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Money Transmitting |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-and-majority-owner-cryptocurrency-exchange-pleads-guilty-unlicensed-money |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Additionally in 2022 Peace created the Civil Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence to work with federal, state, and local officials, as well as community stakeholders, to address the root causes of gun-related crime, and supports reform efforts made across the government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=U.S. Attorney Breon Peace to Lead Attorney General's Subcommittee on White Collar Crime |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/us-attorney-breon-peace-lead-attorney-generals-subcommittee-white-collar-crime |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref> Peace has also led significant charges against illegal interference by the [[People's Republic of China]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rashbaum |first=William K. |last2=Zraick |first2=Karen |date=2023-04-17 |title=F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/nyregion/fbi-chinese-police-outpost-nyc.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-17 |title=34 Officers of People's Republic of China National Police Charged with Perpetrating Transnational Repression Scheme Targeting U.S. Residents |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/34-officers-peoples-republic-china-national-police-charged-perpetrating-transnational |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-17 |title=40 Officers of China’s National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/40-officers-china-s-national-police-charged-transnational-repression-schemes-targeting-us |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheth |first=Sonam |title=DOJ charges nearly four dozen defendants over China's efforts to target dissidents and operate a secret police station in NYC |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-charges-defendants-china-propaganda-mps-nyc-police-station-2023-4 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as sanction evasion by [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=Brooklyn Resident and Two Russian-Canadian Nationals Charged with Massive Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Scheme |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/brooklyn-resident-and-two-russian-canadian-nationals-charged-massive-sanctions-evasion |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn Busts: Several Indicted in New York for Smuggling Sanctioned Goods to Russia |url=https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/brooklyn-busts-several-indicted-in-new-york-for-smuggling-sanctioned-goods-to-russia/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Breuninger |first=Kevin |date=2023-10-31 |title=Three charged with sending Russia over $7 million in electronics to aid war on Ukraine |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/31/three-charged-with-sending-russia-electronics-for-ukraine-war.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-11 |title=Russia's 'King Of Fraud' Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In New York |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-king-of-fraud/31556359.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2022 Peace was appointed Chairperson of the [[Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys]]' White Collar Fraud subcommittee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=U.S. Attorney Breon Peace to Lead Attorney General's Subcommittee on White Collar Crime |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/us-attorney-breon-peace-lead-attorney-generals-subcommittee-white-collar-crime |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref> In this role Peace and [[Damian Williams (lawyer)]] announced the implementation of the voluntary self-disclosure policy for the [[U.S. Attorney]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-22 |title=Damian Williams and Breon Peace Announce New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy for United States Attorney's Offices |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/damian-williams-and-breon-peace-announce-new-voluntary-self-disclosure-policy-united |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref> In October 2023, Peace was appointed to serve on the [[AGAC]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-06 |title=Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Appoints Seven U.S. Attorneys to Advisory Committee |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-appoints-seven-us-attorneys-advisory-committee |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 01:44, 19 November 2024

Breon S. Peace
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 15, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byRobert L. Capers
Personal details
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
New York University (JD)

Breon Stacey Peace (born 1971)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York since October 2021.

Education

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Peace received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993 and his Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1996.[2]

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Peace served as a law clerk for Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1997 to 1998. He was a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York City from 2007 to 2022, and previously worked as an associate at the firm from 1996 to 1997, 1998 to 1999, and 2003 to 2007. He was an acting assistant professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law from 2002 to 2003. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York from 2000 to 2002.[2]

U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York

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In March 2021, Senator Chuck Schumer recommended Peace to serve as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.[3] On August 10, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Peace as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.[4] On September 30, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[5] On October 5, 2021, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a voice vote.[6] On October 15, 2021, he was sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York by United States Chief District Judge Margo Kitsy Brodie.[7]

As U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Peace successfully prosecuted social media influencer Douglass Mackey for conspiring to interfere in the 2016 elections by encouraging Twitter users who supported Hillary Clinton to vote via text message.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Non-Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Announces Eight New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via whitehouse.gov. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Sommerfeldt, Chris; Goldberg, Noah (March 23, 2021). "Schumer asks Biden to nominate first-ever Black Manhattan U.S. attorney". nydailynews.com. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 11, 2021 – via whitehouse.gov.
  5. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Latest Slate of U.S. Attorney Nominations" (Press release). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "PN1036 - Nomination of Breon S. Peace for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". congress.gov. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Breon Peace Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York". justice.gov. October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  8. ^ "Eastern District of New York | Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Sentenced after Conviction for Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. October 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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Preceded by
Robert L. Capers
Jacquelyn M. Kasulis
Acting
 United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
2021–present 		Incumbent
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