U.S. Attorney's Office Announces New Hires

DENVER – U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn announced the following individuals have joined the office as Assistant U.S. Attorneys:

• Candyce Choi Cline came to the office after serving as an Associate Municipal Judge for the Westminster Municipal Court in Colorado.  Prior to that she was a Deputy District Attorney for Adams and Broomfield Counties.  Candyce earned her law degree from the University of Colorado Law School.  She has been assigned to the office’s Criminal Division.
   
• Beth Ford Milani came to the office after serving as Assistant Attorney General in the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.  Prior to that she clerked for the Hon. Steven Bernard and the Hon. John Webb of the Colorado Court of Appeals.  Beth earned her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law.  She has been assigned to the office’s Appellate Division. 
   
• Elizabeth Hagerty came to the office after serving as a Senior Associate for Hogan Lovells in Washington D.C. Prior to that she clerked for the Hon. Alan Kay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.  Elizabeth earned her law degree from George Washington University Law School.  She has been assigned to the office’s Civil Division. 
   
• Daniel McIntyre came to the office after serving as Special Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Prior to that he was a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor.  Daniel earned his law degree from Washington University School of Law.  He has been assigned to the office’s Criminal Division. 
   
• Thomas Minser came to the office after serving as an Assistant State’s Attorney for the Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Unit in the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office in Wheaton, Ill.  He earned his law degree from Northern Illinois University College of Law.  Thomas has been assigned to the office’s Criminal Division.
   
• Jena Neuscheler came to the office after serving as an Associate for Williams & Connolly in Washington D.C. Prior to that she clerked for the Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  Jena earned her law degree from Stanford Law School.  She has been assigned to the office’s Criminal Division.  
   
• Wayne Paugh came to the office after serving as Assistant Chief Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  He earned his law degree from George Mason University School of Law and his LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from George Washington University School of Law.  Wayne has been assigned to the office’s Criminal Division. 

“We are thrilled to welcome this great group of attorneys, and I commend all of them for starting a new job under such extraordinary circumstances,” Dunn said.  “I know they will serve the Department of Justice and the people of Colorado well.”

There are approximately 180 people in the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s office, with 81 of them being Assistant U.S. Attorneys.