Judith S. Feigin
Retired, U. S. Department of Justice
Member, New York and California Bars
EMPLOYMENT
Legal Historian, Office of Special Investigations, Department of Justice
SeDt. 1999 – Mav 2005
Reviewed tens of thousands of documents and interviewed dozens ofpeople to ohain detailed history
of the Office of Special Investigations; wrote 600+ page report on U.S. efforts to identify, investigate,
denaturalize and deport individuals who took part in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution
Deputy Chief, Department of Justice Campaign Finance Task Force Sept. 1997-Sept. 1999
Met weekly with the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and other senior DOJ officials;
helped supervise approximately two dozen investigations; coordinated with U.S. Attorneys offices
on Task Force issues
Counsel to the Director, Executive Office for US. Attorneys
Ethics contact for Assistant U.S. Attorneys nationwide; helped establish electronic briefbank; worked
with the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee to review and revise policies within the Justice
Department
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California
Helped develop and revamp office policies and strategies; assisted U.S. Attorney in his work as head
of the Southwest Border Council and the Attorney General’s Special Representative for Southwest
Border Issues
Jan. 1997-Sept. 1997
Senior Legal Counsel & Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney Jan. 1994- Jan. 1997
Appellate Attorney (1 1 years); Trial Counsel (4% years) Sept. 1978-Jan. 1994
Appellate Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division July 197 1 – May 1978
Briefed and argued cases in all federal Circuit courts
Associate, Rosenman & Colin (New York) Aug. 1970-May 197 1
PUBLICATIONS
The Rule of Law at the Margin: Reinventing – Prosecution Policy in the Southern District of California,
12 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 285 (1998) (co-authored with Alan D. Bersin, U.S. Attorney, Southern District
of California)
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Comment, Right to Counsel – Alleged Incompetent Held Entitled to Counsel at Civil Commitment
Hearing, 43 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 1004 (1968)
Columns in the Los Angeles Times, The Sun Diego Union-Tribune, the Sun Diego Daily Transcript
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law
Member of Law Review
Newman Scholarship for Achievement
J.D. 1970
Barnard College B.A. 1967
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