Adam Schleifer
Adam Schleifer | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1981 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Chappaqua, New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (B.A.) Columbia Law School (J.D.) |
| Website | Official website |
Adam Schleifer is a former Assistant United States Attorney and New York State Consumer Protections Regulator under Governor Cuomo.[1] Schleifer has worked on multiple high-profile cases, including the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal of 2019 and the first case against predatory payday loan generators in New York in 2015.[1][2] On November 25, 2019, he declared his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in New York's 17th congressional district.[3]
Early life[edit]
Adam was born to Harriet Partel Schleifer and Leonard S. Schleifer in 1981. His mother, Harriet, currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee.[4] His father, Leonard, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.[4] Adam's grandparents, Rubin Partel and Frances Partel, were Holocaust survivors.[5] Rubin was the only member of his family to survive slave labor in the Holocaust before immigrating to the United States in 1947.[5] Adam has one younger brother, David, with special needs.[6]
Adam attended PS 6 in New York City until his family moved to Chappaqua, New York, where he attended Horace Greeley High School.[7] In 1987, while Adam was enrolled at PS 6, a six-year-old student identified only as “Marcus” brought a 25-caliber semiautomatic pistol to school.[8]
Education[edit]
Schleifer attended Cornell University, where he graduated in 2003 with a degree in philosophy and government.[6] After graduating from Cornell, he attended Columbia Law School, where he served as a Senior and Staff Development Editor on the Columbia Law Review.[9]
Career[edit]
In 2007, Schleifer published a paper titled "Interstate Agreement for Electoral Reform" in the Akron Law Review.[10] Schleifer then served for two years as a federal law clerk in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California.[4] Later, he worked for five years as an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz focused on commercial litigation.[4]
From 2013 to 2016, Schleifer served as a Consumer Protection Regulator for the New York State Department of Financial Services.[4] During this time he worked against payday lending company Money Mutual, a case in which Schleifer and his team removed illegal advertisements from television and shut down the practice in New York.[2]
Schleifer served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles from 2016 to 2019 where he specialized in cases relating to major fraud, drug cartels, and gun crime.[11] Most notably, Schleifer appeared in court to prosecute the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.[9] In March 2019, he argued in court that defendant and actress Felicity Huffman should have her bond set at $250,000 due to her considerable wealth, a figure which was upheld by Judge McKinnon.[12][13]
Schleifer prosecuted Mohi and Sassi Misrahi,[14] who were charged with federal wire fraud in 2019 for scamming investors through an unlicensed investment advisory business, as well as Khemraj Dave Hardat, who ran an illegal Ponzi scheme out of a Ritz-Carlton in downtown Los Angeles[15]. He also worked on cases involving violations of the Clean Air Act and a case in which a man attempted to destroy Joshua Tree National Park through arson.[16]
Additionally, Schleifer prosecuted a case relating to the murder of a federal agent by an international drug cartel, as well as several cases involving the illegal distribution of drugs and firearms.[17] However, he has since publicly voiced support for the legalization of marijuana on a federal level, arguing that it would curb illegal trade and undercut the influence of drug cartels.[18][19]
Congressional candidate[edit]
Schleifer, who lives in his hometown of Chappaqua, New York, is running as a Democrat to succeed longtime Rep. Nita Lowey in New York's 17th congressional district.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Slattery, Denis. "Former prosecutor in college admissions scandal joins race to replace Westchester Rep. Nita Lowey". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Press Release - March 10, 2015: NYDFS Announces Moneymutual Will Pay $2.1 Million Penalty; Montel Williams To Withdraw Endorsement For New York Payday Loans". Department of Financial Services. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ McKay Wilson, David (2019-12-12). "Adam Schleifer, running for Congress, says he has registered to vote in Westchester". Lohud. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kornbluh, Jacob (2020-03-13). "Not quite Adam Schiff yet: The former LA federal prosecutor vying for Nita Lowey's seat".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kornbluh, Jacob (2020-04-21). "On Yom HaShoah, congressional candidate debuts ad honoring Holocaust survivor grandfather".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Craig, Jon (2020-01-22). "One Republican Candidate, 11 Democrats In 2020 Race For Open Westchester Congressional Seat".
- ↑ "Former federal prosecutor Adam Schleifer vies for Rep. Lowey's congressional seat". 2020-01-08.
- ↑ "Boy Brings Loaded Gun to School". 1987-11-11.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lungariello, Mark (2019-11-25). "Adam Schleifer, 'Operation Varsity Blues' prosecutor, joins field for Nita Lowey's seat".
- ↑ "Akron Law Review | Vol 40 | Iss 4". ideaexchange.uakron.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ March 13, Jacob Kornbluh; 2020 (2020-03-13). "Not quite Adam Schiff yet: The former LA federal prosecutor vying for Nita Lowey's seat". Jewish Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Claudia (2019-03-12). "Felicity Huffman's Attorney Demands She be Released from Custody Without Bond". Vulture.
- ↑ "Felicity Huffman looks tired and emotional in court in first photos since college cheating scandal broke". 9HoneyCelebrity. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ↑ "Brothers Who Allegedly Ran Unlicensed Financial Advisory Business Out of Their Parents' Encino Home Face Wire Fraud Charges". United States Department of Justice. 2019-03-29.
- ↑ "Alleged Conman, Khemraj Hardat Faces Wire Fraud Charges for Ponzi Scheme". Dispatch. 2018-12-03.
- ↑ Macdonald, Spencer (2020-04-22). "NY17 Candidate Adam Schleifer Reveals Environmental Plan".
- ↑ "Adam Schleifer LinkedIn". Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ↑ Jaeger, Kyle (2020-04-28). "Former Federal Prosecutor Running For Congress Says Legalize Marijuana To Hurt Cartels". Marijuana Moment.
- ↑ "US Should Decriminalize, Regulate And Tax Marijuana". Law360. 2020-04-27.
- ↑ Lungariello, Mark (2020-05-07). "Who's running for Nita Lowey's seat? Crowded field for U.S. House of Representatives".
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