Counsel To U.S. Attorney Receives Hollenbeck Award

NEWARK, N.J. – John M. Fietkiewicz, Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, was honored today with the Charles J. Hollenbeck Award at the N.J. Commission on Professionalism in the Law awards luncheon in Somerset.

“John has served our office with distinction and professionalism for more than three decades,” Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. “His role in overseeing the preparation of cases for trial has been invaluable in ensuring that when our Assistant U.S. Attorneys walk into court, they are completely prepared. He embodies the highest principles of what public service is all about.”

Fietkiewicz has held a variety of positions in the U.S. Attorney’s Office since starting in October 1985. Prior to becoming a member of the U.S. Attorney’s Front Office as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney in March 2013, he was the Chief Litigation Counsel for three years, a Senior Litigation Counsel in the Special Prosecutions Division for seven years, the Deputy Chief of the Fraud Division for 11 years, and an AUSA in the Fraud Division, Criminal Division, and Appeals Division for six years. Since 2005, he has been the Office’s Professional Responsibility Officer. He created the office’s Trial Supervision Program in 2010 and has run it ever since

Fietkiewicz received his J.D., cum laude, from the Fordham University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Fordham Law Review. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Montclair State College. Prior to coming to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he clerked for the Honorable Gerard L. Goettel, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York, and he was associated with the New York law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

The Hollenbeck award is given annually to someone who is “licensed to practice law in the state of New Jersey; employed by a governmental agency at the federal, state, county or municipal level, or by a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of the legal community; and has served with diligence, competence and dedication to the profession.” The award is named for Charles Hollenbeck who dedicated a majority of his nearly four-decade career as an attorney to improving the quality of legal services throughout the state.