ATTORNEY GENERAL WELCOMES HONORS PROGRAM ATTORNEYS
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Washington, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, joined by Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, today welcomed newly arrived Honors Program attorneys to the Department of Justice. Each year, the Attorney General personally addresses the incoming Honors Program attorneys and commends them for their commitment to public service.

"You have chosen to serve your nation here at the Department of Justice. I am inspired by the desire of such bright new lawyers to serve the public interest, and I am confident that your experience here will prove to be an outstanding start to your legal career," said Attorney General Ashcroft. "As you embark on careers in the law, you bear the awesome responsibility of understanding, seeking, and defending justice."

The Honors Program is one of the largest and most widely recognized entry-level legal recruitment programs in the nation. Established in 1953, it continuously has served as the Department's recruitment program for outstanding third-year law students, graduate law students, and Judicial Law Clerks. Ten Department components formally participated in the 2001-2002 Honors Program that hired the new attorneys recognized today: the Antitrust Division; the Civil Division; the Civil Rights Division; the Criminal Division; the Environment and Natural Resources Division; the Executive Office For Immigration Review; the Federal Bureau of Prisons; the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the Tax Division; and the United States Trustee Program. Two smaller Department organizations, the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review and the Drug Enforcement Administration, informally participated with each hiring one new attorney. Honors Program attorneys are selected in November each year, and enter on duty between October and December of the following year after graduation from law school or completion of a judicial clerkship.

The 2001-2002 Honors Program attorneys are:

ANTITRUST

Beaird, Jill

Bell, Carol

Biehl, Elieka

Blonder, David

Comenetz, Aaron

Gordon, Nicole

Hunter, Amanda

Laise, Caroline

Litvinoff, Eugene

Luongo, Jeremiah

Malawer, Gregg

Martino, Jeffrey

Mazumdar, Joseph

McDowell, John David

Mobley, David

Negrette, Jeffrey

Pletcher, Mark

Proctor, Stacy

Rodriguez, Juan

Sanchez, Veronica

Wilson, William

CIVIL

Bressler, Steven

Brooks, Jennifer

Carlucci Ashworth, Cristina

Christian, Forrest

Crane-Hirsch, Daniel

Diller, Paul

Dowd, Jamie

Goulka, Jeremiah

Hancock, Catherine

Knepper, John

Mahboubi, Neysun

McGhee, Margaret

Neal, John

Noronha, Preeya

Perez, Luis

Sankar, Sambhav

Sawyer, Logan

Thies, Susan

Thresher, Michelle

Virelli, Louis

CIVIL RIGHTS

Bangs, Elizabeth

Cremin, Kevin

Geller, Clare

Leonard, Danielle

Low, Daniel

Miller, Angela

Ruisanchez, Alberto

Schneider, Todd

CRIMINAL

DeMaio, Jerry

Malagold, David

Mandelker, Sigal

Oestreicher, Stephan

Phipps, Eugenia

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Boyte, Camilla

Cassidy, Kevin

Crowley, Stephen

Fischer, Lauren

Katselas, Anna

Konschnik, Katherine

Lukas Jackson, Jennifer

McNeil, Bridget

Sanders, Matthew

Smith, Daniel

Thomas, Pilar

Toth, Brian

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

Arsenault, Moira

Brown, Kimberly

Burford, Mary

Chugh, Amit

Compagno, Lisa

Cottrell, Mark

Derwin, Christine

Doughten, Robert

Dyson, Stephanie

Earle, Tamala

Egy, Julie

Eilers, Karolyn

Emanuel, Gina

Foote, Megan

Garcia, Rebecca

Gasparian, Kathleen

Glauner, Lindsay

Grandle, Brooke

Hershkowitz, Jackie

Keel, Tamesha

Kim, Edwin

Laden, Kevin

Maksrivorawan, Jailuk

Maloney, Sarah

Mlynar, Maria

Nielsen, Justin

Nordhal, Blake

Parikh, Tanya

Patterson, Jamy

Ricky, Martha

Sanders, Hope

Shah, Rahul

Sterner, Kimberly

Stevens, Elizabeth

Tao, Betsy

Walsh, Ada-Marie

Wetmore, Jennifer

Wonder, Patricia

FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

Desai, Rina

Dillon, Monica

Geiger, Andrea

Lockridge, Michael

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION

Aina, Nathan

Berry, Megan

Blivaiss, Jeffrey

Cheung, Grace

Choi, Raphael

Devine, Elizabeth

Falcone, Michael

Franke, Lindsay

Goring, Richard

Guardino, Michelle

Halliday-Roberts, Catherine

Handjani, Amir

Hoffman, Amanda

Hysell, Anna

Jarrett, Shaheewa

O'Driscoll, Cara

Onyewuchi, Morris

Owens, Jessica

Park, Joseph

Partida, Ana

Phillips, Michelle

Pressman, Christian

Richards, William

Rosen, Benjamin

Salvano, Dana

Schultz, Lisa

St. John, Christopher

Stabile, Francesca

Wachsmann, Josef

Weisholtz, Adam

TAX

Auchterlonie, Jennifer

Bower, Rebecca

Brown, Jennifer

Carlisle, Lea

Dale, Ivan

Dickinson, Nicholas

Egan, Christopher

Gregory, Karen

Hauser, Bethany

Hofig, Carolyn

Hrones, William

Latterell, Richard

Maietta, Christopher

McAdams, John

Neiman, Jeffrey

Raum, Michael

Reiferson, Barry

TAX (continued)

Schieber, Valerie

Vozne, Jennifer

U.S. TRUSTEES

Mansfield, Michele

Schmidt, Erin

Tracy, Lisa

OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE POLICY AND REVIEW

Franklin, Carrie

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

Holder, Elizabeth

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