Bloomberg Law
May 9, 2016, 9:28 PM UTC

Prosecutor in Sheldon Silver Trial Heads Back to Mofo

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

Last week, Carrie Cohen appeared in a Manhattan courtroom as a federal prosecutor and urged a judge to hammer former state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver with prison time.

“His bribery and kickback schemes were multifaceted and nefarious,” Cohentold a judge. “No excuses, just pure greed.”

This week, she’s singing a different tune: Cohen joins the ranks of other prosecutors who switched to the defense side and joined Morrison & Foerster as partners. This includes James Koukios and Charles Duross in Washington, D.C. Cohen joins Mofo’s white collar defense, enforcement and securities litigation group in New York.

In an interview, she said a lot of regulatory ...

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