Union alumna Laurie Brecher, Class of 1980, will give a talk titled “War Stories of a Federal Prosecutor” on Monday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial at Union College.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Brecher, now an attorney at Pitney Bowes, a company that helps businesses manage movement of messages and products, is a former federal agent in the U.S Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
Brecher graduated second in her class from New York University's law school in 1983, and got her first taste of the courtroom by clerking for John O. Newman, chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the highest federal court in New York. She spent three years as an associate in two private New York firms before joining the U.S. Attorney's office. There, for more than ten years, Brecher worked with teams of federal agents to piece together trails of evidence and help prosecute members of the Irish mob, Colombian cocaine traffickers, and securities felons.
In her talk she will discuss the anatomy of large-scale investigations, the complexities of legal prosecution in high-profile cases, and the value of public service.
The sixteen-sided Nott Memorial is located at the center of campus and parking is available on campus and on nearby sidestreets.
For more information, call 388-6131.