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Event Date
10-22-2025
Location
Jacob Burns Moot Court Room
Description
Danielle Sassoon is currently a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Prior to her appointment as Interim U.S. Attorney in January 2025 by President Trump, Ms. Sassoon served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York for over eight years. Among her notable cases as an Assistant U.S. Attorney were the prosecution of Lawrence Ray for racketeering conspiracy, extortion, forced labor, and sex trafficking, related to his abuse and exploitation of his daughter’s college roommates and others. She also investigated and prosecuted Samuel Bankman-Fried and others for the multi-billion-dollar fraud on customers of FTX.com. In 2024, Ms. Sassoon was awarded the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Criminal Investigation. In 2023, she was awarded the Women in Federal Law Enforcement Top Prosecutor Award.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Law | Legal Education | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Recommended Citation
Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law; Cardozo Criminal Law Society; American Constitution Society (ACS); Sassoon, Danielle; and Roth, Jessica A., "A Conversation with Danielle Sassoon" (2025). Event Invitations 2025. 21.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/event-invitations-2025/21
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