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American attorney
Uzodinma Asonye is an American attorney. He is a partner at
Davis Polk & Wardwell and the former Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the
Eastern District of Virginia .
Early life and education
Asonye was born to a
Nigerian American family.
[1] He attended
Homewood-Flossmoor High School in
Flossmoor, Illinois , graduating in 1998. He earned his
bachelor's degree from
Cornell University , where he was a member of the
Quill and Dagger society, and his
Juris Doctor from
Yale Law School .[
citation needed ]
Career
After college, he worked for the law firm
O'Melveny & Myers , before joining the
United States Attorney 's office as deputy chief in the
financial crimes and
public corruption unit.
[2]
[3]
Robert Mueller brought Asonye onto the
Special Counsel investigation team .
[4] Asonye was the lead attorney of
Paul Manafort 's
Virginia criminal trial .
[5] In 2021, he joined Davis Polk & Wardwell as a member of the firm's
white collar team.
[6]
References
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"How Nigerian-American Uzo Asonye tackled Babangida's ex-lobbyist in U.S. court" . August 13, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2021 .
^ Donna Vickroy (August 14, 2018).
"Homewood-Flossmoor grad leading prosecution in Manafort trial one of many high achieving alumni - Daily Southtown" .
Chicago Tribune . Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
^ Betsy Swan (July 11, 2018).
"Inside Mueller's New Army" . The Daily Beast . Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
^ Fisher, Marc (July 31, 2018).
"Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
^ Lynn Sweet (August 1, 2018).
"Paul Manafort's prosecutor Uzo Asonye: Grew up in suburban Chicago" . Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
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"Davis Polk welcomes veteran federal prosecutor Uzo Asonye as white collar partner in DC" . Davis Polk . October 13, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2021 .