Neil MacBride

Neil H. MacBride (born October 14, 1965) is an American attorney who previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1] The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed MacBride's nomination as U.S. Attorney on September 15, 2009, and he took office three days later. He left office on September 13, 2013.[2]

Neil MacBride
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
In office
September 18, 2009 – September 13, 2013
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byChuck Rosenberg
Succeeded byDana Boente
Personal details
Born (1965-10-14) October 14, 1965
Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materHoughton College
University of Virginia

Early life and education

MacBride was born in Schenectady, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and the humanaties from Houghton College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Career

Prior to his appointment by President Barack Obama,[3] MacBride served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice.[4]

MacBride formerly served as Vice President, Anti-Piracy and General Counsel, of the Business Software Alliance,[4] where he oversaw global anti-piracy enforcement and copyright policy. Prior to that, he served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2001-2005. From 1996-2001, MacBride was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.[4] Before his stint in public service, MacBride practiced law with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered. He also served as a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. in the Eastern District of Virginia.

He is a Barrister with the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Center on Law & Security at New York University.

He was the lead prosecutor in the Megaupload controversy.[5][6][7][8][9][10] He is also responsible for filing motions in the Grand Jury investigation of WikiLeaks.[11]

In November 2020, MacBride was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of Justice.[12]

References
  1. "Davis Polk Welcomes Former U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride". 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  2. Jennifer Koons (August 22, 2013). "Eastern Va. U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride Stepping Down". Main Justice. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
  3. McCullagh, Declan (2009-01-23). "Obama picks BSA's antipiracy enforcer for high-level post | Politics and Law - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Megaupload: U.S. Government Trying to Rewrite the Rules". 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  6. "New Zealand's High Court Steps Into Extradition Fight Over Kim Dotcom". 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  7. "Government trying to deny Megaupload fair legal representation". 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  8. "Megaupload says US trying to change rules to allow prosecution". 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  9. "Retired judge joins fight against DoJ's "outrageous" Megaupload seizures". 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  10. "NZ spies knew Kim Dotcom shouldn't have been spied on, did it anyway". 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  11. "AFFIDAVIT OF Julian Paul Assange". wikileaks.org.
  12. "Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

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