who is guy petrillo, attorney for michael cohen

by Prof. Cecil Hand III 3 min read

Guy Petrillo, Cohen's new lawyer, is a partner at Petrillo Klein & Boxer. He served as the chief of the criminal division

United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The United States Department of Justice Criminal Division is a federal agency of the United States Department of Justice that develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws in the United States, except those specifically assigned to other divisions. Criminal Division attorneys prosecute many nationally significant cases and formulate and implement criminal enforcemen…

in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight New York counties: New York, Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan.

from 2008 through 2009, and was an assistant US attorney

United States Attorney

United States attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district courts and United States courts of appeals.

in the office from 1990 through 1997.

Full Answer

Petrillo is 'the kind of lawyer you would hire if you wanted to keep open the option of cooperation'

Lynn Neils, a partner at Baker Botts and a former federal prosecutor with the Southern District of New York who knows Petrillo, told Business Insider that Petrillo knows the district "very well and will be independent."

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