"The young federal prosecutor who won the conviction of former Gov. John Rowland before being named the head of a corruption task force is leaving the U.S. Attorney's office for private practice.
Christopher Mattei, who started in the U.S. Attorney's office in 2007, will join Koskoff, Koskoff and Beider, a Bridgeport law firm that has a reputation among lawyers for being one of the most aggressive personal injury firms in the state.
"Chris embodies many of the best traits that we hope for in prosecutors. He is passionate but always fair-minded, highly productive, hardworking and masterful in court. Personally, I am deeply grateful for his leadership, guidance and positive energy. It has been wonderful having him on the team," U.S. Attorney Deidre Daly said in a statement Tuesday. Mattei declined to comment..."
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The article says: “Often when a federal prosecutor moves to a private law firm, he or she launches a white-collar defense practice, the better to take advantage of all that inside knowledge of government investigations.” Deirdre Daly's husband, Alfred Pavlis, a former Ass't. U. S. attorney, is now with Finn, Dixon Herly, a Stamford firm with a white collar practice. They have a large caseload on the CT Judicial dockets. Would that create a conflict of interest where the U. S. Attorney's office in New Haven might be inclined to go easy on the Judicial Branch in their investigation of ADA compliance? Particularly here in CT where the Judicial Branch has a unique secret system of assigning certain cases to sealed dockets? And some of those high-end clients might also find themselves in family law cases in Stamford? And what about a conflict of interest when some of those white-collar cases go before a federal prosecutor? Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI suppose now that the guy has eliminated all corruption in Connecticut, he can move on. Yeah, right.
ReplyDeleteWhat did he do? Get to close to the corruption?
ReplyDeleteThe real news here is that the Hartford Courant actually ran an article that indirectly acknowledged the possibility of corruption in Connecticut.
ReplyDeleteAny time The Hartford Courant would like to, family court advocates have numerous examples of actual proven concrete examples of corruption that take place every day of the week and continue to occur because The Hartford Courant and other media in CT have chosen to turn their backs and ignore it. "Indirectly acknowledged"? When The Hartford Courant isn't lying directly about what is going on in Family Court, yes, it is acknowledging indirectly. Big Deal.
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