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HARRISBURG – As we close Women’s History Month, United States Attorney David J. Freed and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania honor the outstanding service and contributions of our female Assistant United States Attorneys.
Hired in 1979, Barbara Kosik Whitaker was the first female AUSA in the Middle District. The daughter of District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, Barbara graduated from Juniata College and the Dickinson School of Law. Barbara served the office faithfully until losing a hard-fought battle against breast cancer in 2011.
U.S. Attorney Freed also recognizes Sally A. Lied as our second female AUSA in the Middle District. Ms. Lied began her extensive career by serving on the Indiana staff of Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. She then entered the Indiana University School of Law and obtained her JD in 1974. In 1975, Ms. Lied was the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education for Pennsylvania, the first woman to hold that position. She was later promoted in 1978 to Deputy Attorney General. Ms. Lied joined the office in 1982, and served 20 years, retiring from federal service in 2000.
Sally A. Lied (left) and Barbara Kosik Whitaker (right) with colleagues.
As of March 2019, there are nine female AUSAs serving in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. In the past few years, the Middle District welcomed five new and exceptional women lawyers to the office:
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