Originator: HSCA
Document date: 1977-06-08 00:00:00
Document type: PRINTED FORM

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA

RECORD NUMBER: 180-10060-10496

RECORDS SERIES :

STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : SCA

FROM

TO:

TITLE :

DATE: 12/01/76

PAGES : 60

SUBJECTS:

SCA, ADMINISTRATION

OZER, ROBERT

DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION

RESTRICTIONS

: 3

CURRENT STATUS : P

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/04/93

OPENING CRITERIA :

Released under the John F

Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note].

Case#: Nw 66000 Date:

1-04-2021

COMMENTS:

Box. 2.

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

NW 66000

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February 17, 1977

Mx. Robert C. Ozer

Offices of The Attorney General

One South Calvert Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

PERSONAL

Dear Bob:

Now that the Committee has been reconstituted, we are

processing some of our vouchers for payment.

Before we can submit the Committee's telephone bills,

It is necessary that we seek reimbursement from staff employees

for personal calls.

Enclosed you will find a copy of the November bill and

a portion of December.

I notice on the November bill, especially,

quite a few calls from this office and from you apartment to your

home in Birmingham, Michigan.

At your earliest convenience would you kindly send to me

your personal check made out to the C & P Telephone Company for

all personal calls, if any.

In your return letter, would you kindly state that the en-

closed check, if any, represents reimbursement for all personal

telephone calls charged to the numbers of the Select Committee on

Assassinations.

Sincerely,

Thomas Howarth

Budget Officer

TH/jal

Encloaure

NW 66000

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or. Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Robert f. Ozer

Employee Social Security Number

12/1/75

Type of Action

174.32 6125

Employing Office or Committee

Selece Committee on Assassinations

@ Appointment

* Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment; complete the following information:);

Position Title

Staff Counsel

Gross Annual Salary

$30,600

'(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)-

1. L Standing Committee: Staff -_ Clerical or l Professional.

2. 1 Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1242

--of 91th_ Congress.

3. 1 Joint Committee,

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number.

If applicable, Level_

Step_

ww/. certify. that. this.authorization is not in violation..of 5- U.S.C: 3110(b); prohibiting the employment of

relatives:

December

Date_

1976

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Thomas No

Downing, Chairman

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Sclect Committee on Assassinations

(Title - If Member, -District

~ All appointments and salary adjustments for employees: under.the House. Glassification Act and for Committee em-

ployees, except: those. of. the Committee.on-Appropriations, the Committee.on the Budget,.and the-JointCommittees, musts.?

•be approved by the Committee on House Administration:

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code®

Monthly Annuity S_.

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

NW 66000

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION

(Please Use Typewriter

. or Ballpoint Pen)

FOR Wi

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 205.15

(Any erasures, corrections; or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Robert C. Ozer

12/7/75

Employee Social Security Number

Effective Date

Type of Action

170 32 6125

Employing Office ór Committee

Select Committee on Assassinations

• Appointment

• Salary Adjustment

[i Termination (At close of business on effective date).

(If type of action is an. Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$39, 600

Staff Counsel

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

\ 1.

_ Standing Committee: Staff -I Clerical or l Professional.

2. 18) Special or Select Committee: Authority-H: Res. 1540

3. D Joint Committee.

_of 34 th

-_ Congress.

(If Employee of an.Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_.

If applicable, Level

Step-

I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date.

December 7

1976

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Thomas

N. Downing, Chairnan

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Select Committee on Assassinations

Member, Distric

and State)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification. Act and for Committee emeri

ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, musta

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code®

Monthly Annuity S_

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

NW 66000

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

Ple

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ms, or changes

this form

must de initialed by the

Washington, D.C. 20515

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Robert C. Ozer

Employee Social Security Number

18 October 1976

Type of Action

174-32-6125

Employing Office or Committee

* Appointment

7 Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

Select Committee on Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

0171/

Gross Annual Salary

staff counsel

$30,000

(IF Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1083,33 pr

1. U Standing Committee: Staff-• Clerical or D

Professional.

2. [ Special or Selact Committee: Authority -H. Res. 1540

of_94thCongress.

3. I Joint Committee.

10 15 76 AM 3:45

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

ter R. FINANCE OFFICE

Position Number_.

_ If applicable, Level_

Step_

relatives.

Date-

I certify that this authorization is not in violation.

of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b),

prohibiting the employment of

October 14

19.76

--

Homali aun

Thomas N.

Downing

(Type or print nome of Authorizing Officiol

Chairman

(Title - li Member, District ond Sicie)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-

ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:.

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code

Monthly Annuity $

NW 66000

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ORIGINAL - To Finance Office (For official personnal folder)

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OFFICES OF

FRANCIS B. BURCH

ATTORNEY GENERAL

JON F. OSTER

GEORGE A. NILSON

DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

ONE SOUTH CALVERT STREET

I4TH FLOOR

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202

301-383-3737

December 8, 1976

Richara A. Sprague, Esquire

Chief Counsel and Staff Director

Select Committee on Assassinations

U. S. House of Representatives

Washington, D. C. 20515

Dear Dick:

This letter is to confirm matters discussed in my note

to you of December 6 and in our conversations yesterday.

I have been offered a position as Assistant Attorney

General - Chief of Investigations in the office of the Attorney

General of the State of Maryland.

The position is an extremely

exciting one, and I have decided to accept it, effective today.

You have been most gracious and understanding in your

willingness

to accommodate my wishes. You have expressed your

or as long as I desire. In fact, the Attorney General has

asked me to assume my new duties immediately,

you have kindly permitted me to do so. This letter will confirm

my resignation effective yesterday, as a salaried member of the

staff.

My professional association with you has been a source of

pride to me.

1

am much more proud and gratified to have consoli-

dated a personal relationship with you which will carry into the

future.

My admiration for you is boundless, and I look forward

to future years of continued friendship.

Hopefully we will work

together again as well.

Sincerely yours,

Bot

Robert C. Ozer

Assistant Attorney General

Chief of Investigations

RCO : sW

NW 66000

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December 6,1976

7:30

p.m.

Dear Dick:

I've been waiting tonight for a chance to talk to you alone for about

ten minutes, but you've been tied up. Therefore I am writing.

The Attorney General for the State of Maryland has asked me to

take a position as chief of investigations in his office. I'm not

sure of the actual title. Aconstitutional amendment which was approved

in Maryland in last month's election has created the office of

permanent State-wide prosecutor, which is viewed as the successor to

the position I have been offered. I have been assured that if I

take the job, my office and I personally will probably become the

State-wide prosecutor next year when the statute becomes effective.

I would like to take the job, effective December20.

I am extremely uncomfortable with the idea of leaving you for two

reasons. First, because I have been with you for only a short time, and

I am generally opposed to job hopping.

More importantly, you had

confidence in me at a time of professional crises, and you are

entitled to loyalty, and more. Lately, however, I have felt that

you are not altogether pleased with my attitude in some respects,

and that my resignation from the staff might be the best way for me to

retain, rather than lose, your respect.

NW 66000

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You are, without qualification, the most able, forceful prosecutor-

investigator I

have ever met. Moreover, you are one of the relatively

few

people in this world who have won my admiration. I have been

honored to be part of your staff, and I desperately desire to leave with your reg

respect and regard.

I would like to discuss this with you personally, and I hopeyou will

take a few minutes to talk with me.

Sincerely,

Bo tren

NW 66000

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ADMINISTRATION

Emp. RECORDS

OZER

•S741

October 15, 1976

The Honorable Ednund L. Henshaw.

J2.

Clerk

U.S. House of Representatives

Dear Ed:

This letter is written in behalf of

Robert C. Ozer, a new employee on the Select

Committee on Assassinations of which

I am

Chairman

I would appreciate your issuing an

House Identification card to Mr. Ozer today

upon his presentation of this letter.

Thanking you. I an

Sincerely.

Thomas N. Douning

Chairman

Select Committee on Assassina

tions

NWV 66000

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ADMINISTRATION

EMP. RecoRDs

OZER,R

Od. 15 76

VEGUAGE E

a0.-

The

Honorable Bdmund L. Henshaw.

Jr.

Cleck

U.S. House Of Representatives

Dear Ed:

This letter is written in behalf of

Robert C. Ozer, a new employee on the Select

Committee on Assassinations of which I am

Chairman.

I would appreciate your issuing an

House Identification card to MI. Ozer today

upon his presentation of this letter.

Thanking you, I am

Sineerely.

Thomas N. Doning

Chairman

Select Conmittee on Assassina-

tions

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313)

642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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May 1972-MaY 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental

Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar. From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313)

642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal

organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan

48009

(313)

642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-MaY 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania. Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan

(313) 642-3835

48009

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and. Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-MaY 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313)

642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors) : University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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- 2-

May 1972-MaY 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969;

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313)

642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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- 2 -

May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New. York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar. From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313) 642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors) : University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.:

University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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-2 -

MaY 1972-MaY 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to ApIil 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NW 66000

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Scaled!

RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313) 642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.EC.:

University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

NW 66000

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.. i :.:

- 2 -

May 1972-MaY 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968,

assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

NWV 66000

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313) 642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors) : University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility ard

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headguarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

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-2 =

MaY 1972-MaY 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania. Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968,

assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313)

642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

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May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-MaY 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan 48009

(313) 642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors) : University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Irial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and. Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

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May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

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CHAMBERS OF

RALPH B. GUY, JR.

DISTRICT JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

DETROIT 48226

October 20, 1976

William H. Morris, Director

National Conference of Bar Examiners

333 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1025

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Re:

Robert Charles Ozer

Dear Mr. Morris:

I am pleased to be able to give an excellent recom-

mendation to Mr. Robert Ozer. My contact with Mr. Ozer

relates back to his being placed in charge of the Department

of Justice Organized Crime Strike Force located in Detroit,

Michigan.

I was the United States Attorney in Detroit,

Michigan from 1969 until June of 1976, and thus had occasion

to work on a daily basis with Mr. Ozer during his tenure in

Detroit.

Insofar as legal ability is concerned, I found MI. Ozer

to be one of the most capable lawyers with whom I had ever

been associated.

Naturally, his work was primarily in the

area of criminal law, but I

found him to be extremely

knowledgeable in the area of constitutional law as well as

such trial basics as evidence.

Mr. Ozer has tried a number

of difficult cases and is an accomplished trial attorney.

Mr. Ozer occupied an extremely sensitive position while

in Detroit, and in my opinion, his integrity both as to his

professional responsibilities and otherwise is above reproach.

I know of no derogatory information relative to his general

character or fitness.

Under normal circumstances, I would just stop at this

point, however, I am aware of the fact that Mr. Ozer during

the latter days of his tenure in Michigan became somewhat of

a controversial figure, and I feel obliged to comment on

this controversy.

To begin with, as United States Attorney, I probably

had the best vantage point of all the parties concerned in

connection with

whatever controversy enveloped Mr. Ozer.

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Re:

Robert Charles Ozer

October 20, 1976

The Organized Crime Strike Forces frequently handle complex

cases that become much publicized due to the defendants

either being organized crime figures with high visibility of

public officials.

The real start of Mr. Ozer's notoriety in

Detroit occurred at or about the time that the Organized

Crime Strike Force indicted a Justice of the Michigan

Supreme Court. Although it is putting the cart before

the

horse, I should comment that the Justice was not only

indicted, but he was ultimately convicted in a trial personally

handled by Mr. Ozer. Although Mr. Ozer was at the epicenter

of the controversy

surrounding the indictment of Justice

Swainson,

much of the criticism and controversy actually

involved institutions of the criminal justice system and not

Mr. Ozer personally.

In order to have a proper frame of reference to evaluate

this matter, it is also necessary to know that Justice

Swainson was

a very popular political figure in the State of

Michigan having previously served as Governor of the State.

He had considerable clout as a result of the public office

he then held and public offices he previously held. Justice

Swainson is, of course, a lawyer himself and was a trial

judge in the State Circuit Court prior to being elected to

the State Supreme Court.

When Mr. Swainson was summoned to

appear before the Strike Force Grand Jury, he elected to

represent himself, and in the process, committed perjury (or

at least a jury was convinced that he did and convicted him

of same). Since Justice Swainson was convicted of events

that occurred within the grand jury, rather than the sub-

stantive offenses which the grand jury was investigating,

there immediately was a great hue and cry about grand juries

in general and about the tactics of organized crime strike

I know of nowhere in which the Organized Crime

Strike Forces maintained by the Department of Justice in

eighteen cities in this country are popular. That is because

they frequently go after targets who have the money and

position to counterattack, both within the framework of the

legal proceedings involved and extra-judicially as well.

After Mr. Swainson was indicted, literally scores of political

figures (at least those of the same party affiliation as MI.

Swainson) flocked to his defense and turned in anger and

outrage against the Organized Crime Strike Force as personified

by Mr. Ozer.

It should also be noted that all of the

"criticisms" of the grand jury and strike force procedures

were formally made in the context of the criminal trial in

which Justice Swainson was a defendant, and were all overruled

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October 20, 1976

or ignored by the visiting trial judge who was appointed to

hear this matter.

During the course of the investigation of the Swainson

case, certain other events occurred which caused Mr. Ozer

further difficulties. Again, some background is necessary

for a proper understanding.

I would be the first to concede

notwithstanding any other good comments I have to make about

Mr. Ozer, that he is not the world's greatest diplomat. It

would probably be more accurate to say that particularly

when dealing with the press, Mr. Ozer is not the world's

greatest diplomat. The work of the Organized Crime Strike

Force is highly confidential and secret. Mr. Ozer believed

(and based upon seven years experience as a United States

Attorney I would concur) that there is very little good that

can be accomplished by press coverage of any case in its

investigative stage. This is not to discount the public's

right to know or the very important rights and responsibilities

of the working press. However, in the investigative stages

of a criminal case, there is simply nothing that is properly

before the public. Accordingly, Mr. Ozer adopted a policy

of not talking to members of the press at all. Since all of

his cases involved extremely newsworthy people, this infuriated

the local press.

Ozer would not talk to the press, he did have to go to court

periodically and would occasionally fall into the hands of

the press after a grand jury or court session. On one such

occasion, Mr. Ozer made a comment that was to serve as the

genesis of many of his succeeding problems. Without attempting

to reconstruct the incident, suffice it to

say that he made

a comment that one could interpret as meaning that other

members of the Michigan judiciary were under investigation.

The then president of the State Bar of Michigan felt that:

this was a highly improper statement that cast a cloud on

the entire state judiciary and reacted vocally and violently.

My own view is that it was a tempest in a teapot and was

blown completely out of proportion by the press who were

delighted to take any opportunity to tie a can to Mr. Ozer's

tail for the reasons previously indicated.

Other incidents concerning statements of Mr. Ozer in

non-judicial contexts (for example, he was quoted in a

Newsweek article) also were picked up by those who had an

axe to grind with Mr. Ozer and used against him..: I have

thoroughly reviewed such statements and find them to have

been taken out of context. Nonetheless, there is no denying

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October 20, 1976

that as a prosecutor, Mr. Ozer could only be described as a

"hard charger."

I have never known him to strike foul

blows, but he

does strike hard ones. When he is interviewed,

he reflects this hard nose attitude. Again, it must be

remembered that his primary assignment during this period of

time was dealing with individuals who over the years have

eluded ordinary law enforcement efforts to apprehend them.

He was not in a run-of-the-mill criminal prosecution situation,

and he could not use run-of-the-mill tactics or reflect run-

of-the-mill attitudes if he was to be successful, and indeed

he was a successful prosecutor during his tenure in Detroit.

I could go on and detail other incidents and events but

they all are in the same general category as I have indicated

thus far.

One other point of significance.

It is up to the

readers of this letter to discount the information contained

therein as they will based upon my prior position as a

United States Attorney and my association with Mr. Ozer. I

think in fairness, however, there are some additional

relevant facts.

First, during all or most of the time

relevant hereto, I was also an elected commissioner of the

State Bar of Michigan, so I was in a position to view what

was going on from both sides of the tence.: second, 1 am not

wedded to the Organized Crime Strike Force concept of the

Department of Justice.

In fact,

I served as chairman of the

Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States

Attorneys, and during the time I was on the committee, the

committee recommended the abolition or phasing out of

strike

forces.

Thiraly, although I worked with Mr. Ozer on a

professional basis regularly, I was in no way a social

friend and never even once saw Mr. Ozer or his family in a

social context during all the time that he was here.

I think that it is indeed unfortunate that the circum-

stances that were generated in Detroit ultimately led to Mr.

Ozer's resignation from the Department of Justice. Even

here, however, the story is not that which might be gleaned

by a

casual observer. The president of the State Bar

complained to the Attorney General of the United States

about Mr. Ozer. One of Attorney General Levi's prime

responsibilities when he took over the Department of Justice

was to restore a somewhat tarnished image, and he and the

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Department don't like waves or wave makers. At or about

the time in question, the Department of the Treasury

(specifically the Internal Revenue Service) and the

Department of Justice were locked in a battle before Congress

concerning the Department of Justice's access to individual

tax returns in connection with criminal investigations.

The

director of the Internal Revenue Service was trying

to

limit Department of Justice access to tax returns.

The

question of misuse of such tax returns came before Congress,

and the director of the Internal Revenue Service indicated

to the Congressional committee involved that he felt that

organized crime strike forces were the principal users of

such tax returns and that they were guilty of being over

zealous.

To support such claim he made reference to the

"Ozer incident" which immediately changed Mr. Ozer's profile

within the Department of Justice from low to high. It was

the start of a downhill slide which terminated in his

resignation.

I also know that if Mr. Ozer is admitted to practice

in the State of Michigan he has a solid offer of immediate

employment from a substantial and respected employer who is

fully conversant with all of the facts surrounding Mr. Ozer

and is delighted at the prospect of being able to utilize

Mr. Ozer's abilities.

Although this is not particularly

relevant as such, it is corroborative of the fact that there

are

a considerable number of persons of judgment substance

and importance who have a high regard for Mr. Ozer's legal

abilities as well as his general character.

I am sorry for the length of this letter, but this is

an important matter to you and it is certainly important to

Mr. Ozer,

and I felt that any briefer treatment would not

be compatible with the complexity of what is at issue.

to come on ye

Sincerely,

RALPH B. GUY, JR.

United States

District Judge

Blind cc:

Mr

Ozer

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Newsweek, December 1, 1975

OZER

JUSTICE

How to Get Your Man

To hough la-enforcement officials have

lashed out at the prosecutors for

labored for decades to break the

exceeding their authority. Nev-

power of organized-crime syndicates in

the U.S., the results for the most part

have been disappointing. The criminals

corrupt judges,

terrorize or kill hostile witnesses. Per-

haps even more important is the

with which they can hire the most expen-

sive legal talent to take full advantage of

every loophole the laws allow to elude

But in the past few years, fueled in part

by funds from the Law Enforcement

Assistance Administration created by

Congress in 1968, Federal, state and

local prosecutors have been organizing

special task forces to combat the estimat-

ed $60 billion-a-year business that or-

ganized crime represents. In the process,

the prosecutors have come up with a host

of interesting

techniques,

and legal maneuvers designed to see that

they derive at least as much advantage

trom legal loopholes as the criminals do.

In briet, what the prosecutors have done

is decide that it they cannot convict a

major crime figure of murder, say, or

extortion, the next best thing to do with

is try to convict him of perjury,

biiy or some lesser offense-much as

mobster-murderer Al Capone was finally

sent to prison for income-tax evasion 44

Inevitably, certain of the prosecutors'

current practices have caused concern

among some civil libertarians. In two

jurisdictions, judges

are persuaded that their new

action-in-concert is paying off.

Last December, 46 state. and lo-

cal prosecutors met in Houston,

"Advanced Or-

ganized Crime Seminar,

sored by the National College of

District Attorneys

and paid to

by the LEAA. NEWSWEEK has

obtained a transcript

discussions, which affords a can-

lid and revealing view of hov

he lawmen work-and of hou

effectively they seem to have

been able to tum the laws to

their own advantage.

Terrorism: Justice Department

tax expert James H. Jeffries Ill,

for example, recommended trap-

chain gangsters with a

of arcane Federal statutes.

"The Federal system,

said, "is a veritable Christmas shopping

catalog of bad things to do to bad peo-

ple." Robert Ozer, the flamboyant chief

of the U.S. Organized Crime

Strike

Force in Detroit, spoke enthusiastical-

ly of "investigation by terrorism.'

meant, among other things, swamping

crime figures with subpoenas. Baltimore

Judge Charles E. Moylan Jr. talked on

the often misunderstood subject of grand

Strict evidentiary rules do not

apply to grand-jury testimony, and jurors

can be as hostile as they please.

touch of hyperbole,

said Moylan with a

or burn the Bill of Rights seven

days out of seven and bring the

fruits of unconstitutional activ-

ity to a grand jury. No court in

the country has the power to

look behind what the grand jury

considers or why it acts as it

UPI

r: Who runs the courts?

The use of the grand jury for

harassment was a tavonte weap-

on of the Johnson and Nixon

administrations against antiwar

protestors and other radicals. By

granting immunity to a particu-

lar witness, thus stripping him

of his privilege against self-

incrimination, a prosecutor can

force the witness to talk about

other people-or

face a con-

tempt citation. "In the hands of

a competent prosecutor, there

are few better tools

said New

Jersey lawyer and former pros-

ecutor Martin G. Holleran.

Through what other means can

you put hoodlums and gangsters

into prison without convicting

them of a crime? Think of that.

To illustrate, Holleran cited

Loot: The fraits of New Jersey's 'catered raid'

the amost min he de ribera The

name is deleted from the transcript, but

he clearly meant Gerardo Catena, reput-

ed boss of the

Jersey branch

of the

Genovese crime family.) Brought before

a state investigation commission, Catena

refused to answer a single question, or

give lus name and address. ("I know

where he lives,

" Holleran noted.

lives around the corner from me.") For

retusig to testity, Catena was cited tor

civil contempt and jailed for five years.

He was finally released last August when

the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled

that Catena's confinement had lost its

Most of the prosecutors agreed that

their best single weapon is the wiretap

"there is no device as good,

chael Marcus, a Los Angeles deputy

district attorney. Marcus conceded that

the public was skittish about the inva-

sion of privacy inherent in wiretaps. But

he alse reminded his audience that law-

men luve harsher legal weapons avail-

able. "It is our responsibility,'

said, "to inform the public that we now

have the right to delve deeper into an

individual's

personal lite

search warrant than can be done through

Taps: The speakers were at consider-

able pains to emphasize how meticulous

prosecutors must be in their use of taps—

identilving precisely each • icumstance

and each individual to bes at on when

obtaining a court's permiss er. But they

also recommended shopping for amena-

ble judges. One lecturer said that the

U.S. Second Circuit, based in New York,

"appears to be the most liberal circuit in

termsof allowing questionable or poten-

tially excessive eavesdropping

prac-

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tices." Clifford Fishman, a New York

State narcotics prosecutor, advised how

to co-opt judges. "If you can convince

your judge to become a member of the

investigative team,

said Fishman, "if

you can invite him down to the plant...

then essentially

As it proceeded, the seminar offered

osecutors a kind of "Dear Abby" list of

solutions to their problems:

Problem: Courts will not let you use

wiretaps. Solution: Use

"pen registers,

devices attached to a telephone line that

do not intercept messages but do identify

the number being called. Or, bug prison-

ers' cells. Or, place a public telephone in

the prisoners'

area of a jail and have

police officers

stroll by to eavesdrop.

Some jurisdictions specifically permit

the monitoring of prisoners' phone calls

and conversations.

Problem: Police undercover cars, often

Chevrolets with an antenna, are easily

spotted

Confiscate flashily

decorated Thunderbirds or Cadillacs

captured from drug pushers-the sort

popularly known as

and use those in the inner city.

Problem: Me in hock to criminal loan

sharks are atraid to teil the police. Solu-

tion: Advertise in the women's pages of

newspapers. Women will call in about

their husbands' problems.

Problem: Some local policemen are

known to be in the pay of criminals and

cannot be trusted. Solution: Keep them in

the dark until they are needed to make

arrests. In New Jersey, a special anti-

crime unit called in local police at 7:30

n. for a raid that was not actually

neduled until 3 p.m. The police were

kept locked up in an armory, without

even access to a telephone, which could

be used to tip off criminals. Breakfast and

lunch were brought in, the caterers were

locked up. The raid went oft smoothly

and netted 58 arrests and an estimated

$180,000 in

catered raid »Cash. It is known as

"the

However difficult the prosecutors' lot,

judges sometimes find their methods too

much to stomach. In Detroit recently,

strike-force chief Ozer, who successfully

prosecuted former Michigan Governor

and state Supreme Court Justice John

Swainson, heard some harsh words from

U.S. Judge Fred Kaess. "You don'trun the

courts or the grand jury,

"Kaess barked in

open court.

"You work for them."

The chief complaint against organ-

ized-crime units seems to be that they

are able legally to do almost anything

they want—to whomever they select as a

target. Some officials

of the National

College of District Attorneys, disturbed

by this thought, are dubious about their

continued sponsorship of the crime sem-

nars. But they also recognize that tight

ng organized crime requires extraordi-

nary methods. The question they now.

are asking themselves

is whether the

results theya: cuttingjustify the means.

ERROLD K. FOOTL'":

At too tOWEr. in Detroit and

ANTHONY MARROG AMORON

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Letters

Newsweek, December 22, 1975

• a Some solace is available from the admission

that Federal prosecutors use the grand jury

and immunity laws to engage in

"investiga-

tion by terrorism.

" We must sadly report.

however, that the grand jury continues to be

• used against many other targets besides or-

ganized crime. The grand jury as a weapon

against dissent did not go out with Nixon; a

steady stream

of grand-jury. inquisitions

against activists who are trying to make Amer-

ica a better place in which to live is current

evidence that the gangsters with badges and

subpoenas had better be stopped.

FRED J. SOLOWEY

Executive Director

Coalition to End Grand Jury Abuse

Washington, D.C.

On December 3, Rep. John Conyers

inserted "How to Get Your Man" into

the Congressional Record with the

following introduction:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Extensions of Remarks

GRAND JURY ABUSE

• HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

OF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, December 3, 1975

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, the De-

cember l issue of Newsweek contains an

extraordinary article, entitled "How To

Get Your Man." It includes frank state-

ments from official sources as to how the

federal

investigative

grand jury

is

abused.

Pointing out that under the Johnson

and Nixon administrations. the

grand

jury became a political weapon, the ar-

ticle leaves the erroneous impression that

current grand jury abuses are confined

only to investigations of organized crime.

On

the contrary, Federal

prosecutors

continue

grand

to manipulate

and

misuse

juries all across

the

country

against a multitude of targets from the

American Indian movement to the wom-

en's

movement,

Irom

politicians

to

trade unions.

The article refers to the

capability

of prosecutors

"to burn the

Bill of Rights 7 days out of 7." The

Bill of Rights can only be burned so many

times before there is nothing left but a

pile of ashes. I hope this article will pro-

vide added

push toward grand jury re-

form in the 94th Congress.

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Detroit Tree ress

ON GUARD FOR 144 YEARS

45- No. 244

Saturday, January 3, 1976

U.S. to Probe Swainson's Lawyer

BY BATHY WARBELOW

AND JACK KRESNAK

Free Press Stalt Meiers

A Detroit man charged with the tor

ture-wounding

of FEl informant John

Whalen sars he was nired to intimi-

date Whalen by the accorney for for-

mer state Supreme Court Justice John

Swainson, federal officiais said Fri-

day.

Whalen was the key prosecution wit-

ness

in

the

recent federal trial in

which

Swainson was convicted of per-

jury.

Federal Prosecutor Robert C. Ozer

said that James P. Pulvirenti, 39, told

the FBl he was hired by defense attor-

ney konrad kohl to

sit in the court-

room

and try to frighten Whalen.

Ler said he would cring the alleged

intimidation of Thaler

before a fed.

eral grand Jury that convenes Wednes:

FBI Agents Tell Story

Of Court Intimidation

Pulvirenti was arrested by the FBI

in Hamtramck in connection with the

recent kidnapping and

shooting of

Whalen. He was arraigned Friday on

charges of obstruction of justice and

conspiracy to violate. Whalen's

civil

rights before U.S. Magistrate Paul Ko-

mIves

and held in lieu of a $150,000

bond.

TB4

agents

are still looking for

other suspects in the Dee. 18 incident,

which Whalen said he was abducted,

tortured with burning cigarets, shot

twice and then released. He said his

captors were angered over his infor-

mant activities for both federal and

local law enforcement agencies.

Whalen had refused to identify his

captors to police because he said they

had

threatened his family,

but a

spokesman for Ozer said Friday that

Whalen did give the FBI enough infor-

mation to lead to Pulvirenti.

According to Ozer, Pulvirenti told

the agents that Kohl, Swainson's attor-

ney, paid him to sit in the courfroom

while Whalen testified at the Swainson

trial,

frighten Whalen, lo i

intimidate and

Kohl, reached in his office Friday,

admitted

he had asked

Pulvirenti to

sit in on the trial, but denied he had

hired him to intimidate Whalen.

Pulvirenti, who gave his parents'

Detroit address

to police,

has

a

lengthy criminal record dating back

du the carly 1950s, including convic-

tions for possession of a concealed

weapon, armed robbery, assault, and

receiving and concealing stolen prop-

erty.

Kohl said he asked Pulvirenti, an

alleged

past

criminal

partner

of

Whalen, to "evaluate" Whalen's testi-

mony

and

advise Kohl whether

Whalen was telling the truth.

Kohl said Pulvirenti was unable to

provide

any useful information, how-

ever. Kohl said he gave him "$20 or

$25" for cab fares and lunch, since

Pulvirenti was on welfare at the

time.

: Please turn to Page 51, Col. 5

UPI PHOTO DI TON CONDONDE

JAMES PULVIRENTI:

"Tell them John Whalen

has won a good one oguin."

@ Continued from Page 1A P

Kohl said he talked to Pulvi

rent!

after

being

informed

through teer's office that Pul-

irent had volomtecred.lo give

information about Whalen.

AT WIS arraignment Friday,

Pilvirenti denied the charges

kidnapped and loured

Whaten and demanded to take

i lie detector test.

As he was being led lo the

fadoral. court lockup.

Pulvi-

ronti lold reporters he "know

of Kohl" but had attended the

Strainson trial "to see it for

myself."

'"Toll

them

John Whalen

has won a good one again," he

sitid angrily.

PULVIRENTI will he re-

darned 1o. court at 10 a.m.

Mondily for a review of his

bond.

Whalen, meanwhile, is being

kept under protective custody

somewhere in Michigan by

U.S. marshals.

He was placed under tedoral

protection following the did.

nap mcident as were his nic

and son.

lederal officials have said

that "in the not too distant fu.

lure,".

Whalen will be sent.

under. an. assumed name, to a

federal prison to begin serving

his six to l0 year sentence for

the 169 burglary of an Adman

jewely store.

Local police are still Investi-

gating

a Nov. 7 fire, which

they

said was arson, which

destroyed Whalen's St. Clair

Shores home.

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Detroit Free Wress

ON GUARD FOR 144 YEARS

145- No. 249

Thursday, January 8, 1976

INTIMIDATION RULED OUT

Swainson's Attorney Is Cleared

BY KATHY WARBELOW

•I've been destroved: now they're attacking my

illegal conduct"' by either Kohl or Swainson. The

Free Press Stalt Writer

counset," Swainson

said,

adding that he helieved

grand jury proceedings themselves are secret.

Konrad Kohl, atiorney for former state Supreme

his own reputation

as well as kohl's had been

Last Nov. 2, Swainson was convicted in federal

Court Justice John B. Swainson, was cleared Wed-

sincared by the charge.

court of three coums of perjury. He has not boon

nesdav of allegations he hired a man to intimidate.

Over said last Friday that a Sycar-old man,

sentenced because. lohl has filed legal motions:

John Whalen, the key prosecution witness at Swain-

James P. Purvirent, arrested in Whalen's Doc. 18

Tor a new trial.

son's receni trial.

disappearance, had told fBI agents he had been

On Wednesday Swainson

said Kohl's ability to

Rober: Ozer. head of the federal organized crime

hired by Kohl to sit in on the Swainson trial and

continue representing him

in the case had been

strike torce in Detroit,

said a grand

jury had

"intimidate and frighten" Whalen.

"diminished if not complerely destroyed"' by the

found "no evidence" to substantiate the allegations

Kohl said he had merely asked Pulvirenti, an ad-

charge against kohl.

afer hearing testimony from Kohl for an hour and

mitted former burglary partner of Whalen, to listen

20 mintes on Wednesday behind closed doors.

Swainson declared that it was "unheard of" for

to the testimony

and say if he believed

Whalen

But Swanson said he is considering filing a dam-.

an altorney to be called before a grand jury in

was lying or telling the truth.

age suit against federal agents.

including

Over said Wednesday the grand jury had ac-

the middie of a case, and charged that the amuld

for making what Sivainson termed "false and mali-

copted Kohl's explanations is

"pertectly satisfis-

jury had inch made into a Seapon for the desire.

rious allegations against kohl.

rory" and had round no evidence of improper or

Phase turn lo Page 7A, Co!. 1

Photo/IRA ROSENBERG

CXOl01d11011S

were termed

perfect salisfactory.

tion of people's reputations

and lives.

Swainson also released a

55-page transcript of an inter-

"iCW

with Pulvirenti,

ructed

last

con-

Sunday by

attorneys for Pulvirenti and

Kohl.

In the interview, which Pul-

virenti

later

signed

under

nath, he denies that Kohl hired

him lo intimidate Whalen.

Pulvirenti said the four fed-

eral agents, questioning him

in jail about Whalen's disap-

pearance,

told. him

"some-

thing to

the effect" that they

would dismiss kidnap charges

against him if he would help

them "against Kohl."

But Pulvirenti said he was

very upset about

being

charged

nifer.

with

kidnapping

and favorable to the defense?"

Pulvirenti's answer: "No.

No, he never asked me that."

Pulvirenti

denied that he

was involved in the Dec. 18

said he had been kidnapped,

shot and tortured by persons

angered

over his informant

activities.

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Detroit free ress

ENDENT NEWSPAPER

LEEMILES

11.11

FRAAKANIMD

LEES COITTAR

President de Girneral Manager

106S0RO0D

6-A

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9.1976

As We See It

Strike Force Tactics Go

Beyond Proper Bounds

ATTORNEY GENERAL Edward Levi

owes the people of Michigan the courtesy of

bringing Robert Ozer, the head of the federal

organized crime strike force in Detroit, to

account for the reckless misuse of his power.

Mr. Ozer's handling of the trial of John

Swainson, former

Michigan governor and

Supreme Court justice, has been irresponsi

ble. Even if Mr.

Swainson's conviction on a

perjury charge stands up. Mr. Ozer has tram-

pled on the rights of people at thrce crucial

points in the proceedings.

The latest episode-his abuse of Mr. Swain-

son's attorney, Konrad Kohl, on the basis of

an unsubstantiated and, as it turns out, un-

true charge--is only the climax of Mr. Ozer's

sorry record

Mr. Swainson siands convicted of perjury,

and on that basis he has resigned from his

scat on the Supreme Couri. As we said at the

time of his conviction, Supreme Court jus-

lices, of all people, are accountable for the

truth or falsity of what they say under oath.

A jury of his peers found Mr. Swainson had

violated his oath. I: was certainly proper that

he resign.

Despite that fact, and even should that con-

viction be upheld. we think Mr. Ozer's tactics

cannes go unchallenged

Eederal proscentors with access to grand

ive

enormous powers. They have a

M114 li

mure chaption where they find ir.

women detence to hayone

Her of Tigh posities They are answer-

Marries however.

Mr. Ozer's case that Mr. Swainson had ac-

cepted a bribe turned out, when he got to trial,

to be flimsy and unpersuasive to the jury. His

sweeping insinuations that there is wide-

spread corruption in the Michigan judiciary

stand ihus far unsupported.

And now his charges against Mr. Kohl turn

out to be supported by no evidence, in the

opinion of the grand jury. Mr. Ozer has had to

acknowledge that the grand jury found

"perfectly satisfactory" Mr. Kohl's explana-

tion of the alleged intimidation incident.

We want and support vigorous prosecution

of government wrongdoing. We hope that the

Justice Department will continue to pursue

corruption and try to root it out.

Mr. Ozer's tactics, though, raise the most

serious questions and have to be dealt with

t00. Federal prosecutors have large and dan-

gerous powers. The society cannot tolerate

guilt by announcement.

Mr. Ozer's tactics cannot be condoned, no

matter how nuch we share his zeal for root-

ing out corruption.

Newsweek Magazine in December pub-

lished the transcript of a meeting of prosecu

tors held a year ago in Houston, Texas. Mr.

Ozer was one of the participants. The tran-

script shows him speaking enthusiastically of

"investigation by terrorism."

Mr. Ozer's performance in the Swainson

case has left us with the sickening feeling that

we now know all too well some of what that

means. It is well past time for Mr. Over to be

brought under control by the Department of

Justice, which is not, after all, named the

Department of Terrorism,

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Oust Deer, Bar Chief Urges

BY KATHY WARBELOW

"transgressions againsi clemento! concepts

AND RALPH ORR

of fairess and justice

Free Press Stafi Virilers

These should result in Gear's removal not

George Bushnell Ji.. president of the Siate

oniy from his position as head of the U.s.

Bar oi

Michigan.

called Thursday fer the

Organized Crime Strike Force in Detroit but

removal of

special federal prosecutor Rob

also front "any other position of antherity.

e. Ozer because of chai Bushnell called

Bushnell said.

Ozer's "conuauous course of misconduci" in

Bushnell said the three-page lotter which

randling

the case

agains: former state Su-

ho made puble Thursday, did not reflect an

preme Court Justice John Swainson.

oftich position of the state Bar, whick rep

rescuts

In a letter io U.S. Attorney dioneral Fid-

every attorney who pracices in

ward Lovi, Bushnell said that Ozer's public,

Michigan.

He said: noreyer.

that it load

been written alter discussions with bar don.

out-of-cour: comments about the Swainson

Case

and his recent actions agains: Swain-

missioners and officers who were "deeply

sons alorney, hond hohl, constituted

Please tun 10 Page 2A, Col. 3

Continued from Page I-A * the verdict."

concemed about Ozer's con-

But most serious, Bushnell

duct.

said was Dzer's recent action

Ozer reclined to comment

in bringing. Swainson's attor-

on the letter. A spokesman for

ney. Koh!, before the federal

Levi said he had received the

grand jury on an aliegation

letter Thursday

later found to be untrue - of

morning

but

could not comment

Witness

In the letter.

on

intimidation

while

it.

post-trial legal motions in the

Bushnell de-

clared that Ozer's public. pre.

Swainson case are pending in

court.

Trial predictions that Sainson

would be indicied on perjury

Though

Kohl

was

exoner-

oribery

conspiracy

ated, Bushnell said that bring-

charges were outrageous and

ing Kohl before the grand jury

inexcusanie.

amounted in "the spectacle of

Swainson was indicted by a

the lederal government using

grand jury on those charges

the

awesome

powers

of the

ou: was convicted by a federa!

grand jury to harass its adver-

districe court jury only on per-

saries."

jury charges.

Though his letter dealt ex-

clusively

with

matters

con-

BUSHNELL INCLUDED in

nected in the swainson rase.

his criticism comments attrib-

Bushnell said Thursday in an

uted to

rizer in news reports

inal the

verdict had been a

interview

that he

had alon

"compromise"

been concerned ahout Ozers

and

that

"if

conduct in niher cases.

the

urors thought swainson

was

really

innocent.

they

He mentioned Dzer's efforts

would have acquirted

him on

ail counts.

Bushneli

said

he was not

criticizing Ozeris conduct in

Prosecuting

Swainson during

the trial. We have to assume

i was

a fair trial," Bushneli

said

"Swainson

was

con-

victed. and i do not challenge

to disqualify Detroit attorney

william Bufalino as the law-

yer for a witness who has been

jailed

for refusing to testity

hefore the grand jury abnut

the disappearance of. former

Teamsters

Union President

James R. Hoffa.

Rushnell said Ozer's puhlic

romments

abnut

Rufalino

"served to intimidate and

have an extremely negative

effect on that particular mat-

tar."

HOFFA'S

SON.

James P.

Hoifa. said Thursday he did

not agree with Bushnel! and

said he felt Ozer hari acted

properly on the charge against

Kohl.

Hoffa.

who is also a lawver.

said

Dzer had done an nut.

sanding job in investigating

Hofia's

father's disappeni-

ance. Hoffa said he feared the

probe would faller ir Ozer is

removed as head of the strike

11.1s

Magordi!

that Al

it dutiest

so that he will lig

lee to pursue the conspirators

insponsible for he disapnear-

ande

of

my father.

Hoffa

said:

Rushnell said he had in the

anticieed hotli

Wayne count Mascolor Wil

ham: Cabotan tod Oilitand

county Prosecutor 1. Brooks

Patterson.

but said he had not

before had recasion to call for

the strong disciplining of

prasecutor

He said he had advised kohl

that he was isratunt the lotter.

and sind look had tried to per

suade hume not to do it.

Hohl said he would not som.

ment on the icher.

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U.S. silent on Bushnell plea

to fire Ozer from strike force

By ROBERT ANKENY

News Staif Writer

The U.S. Justice Department has re-

fused to comment on State Bar of Michi-

gan President George E. Bushnell's de-

mand for the removal of Robert C. Ozer,

head of the U.S. Organized Crime Strike

Force in Detroit.

"We have received his (Bushnell's) let-

ter and we have no comment at this

time,"

a spokesman for U.S. Attorney

General Edward Levi said yesterday.

Bushnell's strongly-worded three-page

letter to Levi calling for Ozer's ouster

cited the Strike Force chief for "ruthless

conduct"' in prosecution of former Michi-

gan Supreme Court Justice John B.

sirainson.

Ozer also said he would not comment on

Bushnell's charges or the demand for his

removal.

But: in an interview which will appear

in The Sunday Magazine this weekend the

33-year-old special federal prosecutor said

he wrote to Bushnell, "telling him he was

Robert Ozer

George Bushnell

complaining about some things I didn't

say. But he still goes on the same way, in

spite of my letter.

Sunday Magazine Writer Al Stark, who

conducted the interview with Ozer weeks

ago, reported that Ozer's initial reaction

to the mention of Bushnell's name was:

"That ass.

"Look; Bushnell is a lawyer, he snould

know to go to the record to see who actu

ally said what."

Bushnell said State Bar criticism of

Ozer began last May after Swainson ap-

when, he said, "Ozer"

the grand jury would indict Swainson.

Bushnell said Stephen C. Bransdorfer,

then State Bar president, on May 23 pro-

tested "the impropriety of that conduct"

to the acting Assistant Atty. Gen. John C.

Keeney. In June, Bushnell said, Keeney

told Bransdorfer that Ozer had been "se-

verely admonished."

After Swainson's trial - in which he

was acquitted of bribe conspiracy but con-

victed on three counts of lying to a federal

§grand jury - Ozer made statements

which Bushnell said equated accusation

with guill." The Ozer post-trial state-

ments ciied by Bushnell as "outrageous

and inexcusable" were:

• That the verdict was "a compromise

verdict"

and that if the jurers thought

Sirainson was really innocent of conspir-

acy they would have acquitted him on all

counts.

• That "an acquittal very frequently ex

The Detroit News

Page Three

Friday, January 16. 15r

in pace to tered to Whaler's festitony

toreato Tale crode and Poleoni did.

Wont coud to part the man aton 925. foc

espense: bo mad hom nothing clic.

Meethyched honk Mctore the grand

woodoo eye aloney had sand lie

would appcar cinctacly After an hour

smorged from the fury coom to say the

Strike Force and the grand jury were

ratsted iith decide coplanation.

Concluded on Page 5A

"There is no evidenee of impreprie:

much less illegal conduct, hy tither Me.

Kohl or Mr. Swainson," Ozer said.

Bushnell recounts the incident in his let-

ter 1o Atty. Gen. Levi. He scores Our for

making the allegation pollie before

checking it nut more thoroughly and

charges that "the damage Mi. Ozer'5

bchavior has inflicted upon the merrily

of the administration or gostice 1s 1i

reparable

Bushaell calls for "the removal of Mr.

Ozer from his present position and from

any other position of authority.

In a press conference vesterday after-

noon, Bushnell said his letter to Tevi was

not an official one from: the State Bar in

the conse that it was a measure adopied

by a majority of the bar's membership:

But he said it was written after consul.

ramon with ofticers of the State Bar he

was ableto reach.

Bushnell said he did not bolieve his

letter would have any effece on the Swain-

son case, which, he said, "I assume will

be appealed."

presses a feeling that the eridence does

not convict beyond a shadow of a doubt.""

@ And that "a jury is unwilling to convict

such an exalted figure like Swainson with-

out conclusive evidence like they see on

TV or the movies.

Ozer told Sunday Magazine roporter Al

Stark that he sees nothing wrong with his

post-trial statements.

What Bushnell calls the most serious

act of misconduet"

occurred within the

past two weeks and involved Swanson's

defense attorney. Konrad D. honl.

A convicted feion, james P. Pelvirenti,

was arrested dan. I by the ! Bl for the al

leged

ladnaging tortur

O1

John

Whalen, a burglar who was dee govery.

ment's informant and the

witness

against Swainson.

her told.

the court that colored had ted toler!

agents that Kohl Preo don to ted the

courtroom during

Winter try noon! i

andoughter Wrater

Mad thr

mterviewed Pulvitena

of pescable octaned dites mach

by the governien

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JOHNS KNIGHT

Editorial Chairman

KURT LEOTHE

Faceutice Editor

6•A

Detroit free Dress

ANINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

L.FEMIAS

Publisher

FRANK ANGELO

Assoriate Exceutice Rator

SATURDAY. JANUARY 17.1976

LEE I GOTTAR

President di General Manager

dOCH STROUD

Editor

In Defense of Fairness

IN CALLING on Attorney General Ed-

victed by a jury of his peers, and there is no

ward Levi to remove Robert Ozer, the head of

reason to doubt the appropriateness of that

the organized

crime task force in Detroit,

verdict. Unless it is overturned on appeal, it

George Bushnell makes a critical distinction

will stand as a judgment on Mr. Swainson's

tnat cannot be overemphasized.

lack of probity.

Mr. Bushneil, the president of the State Bar

The complaints against Mr. Ozer center on

of Michigan.

hammers home the point that

means rather than ends. He has used tactics

he is not speaking out to defend John Swain-

and made statements that are offensive to our

son, the state's former governor and Supreme

sense of fair play and equity, and obviously 10

Court justice, who has been convicted of per.

Mr. Bushnell's as well.

jury by a federal jury. Mr. Swainson was con-

Under our American system of jurisprud.

ence, we are supposed to be concerned about

means as well as ends. The federal grand jury

has been misused by Mr. Ozer, he has prac-

ticed a policy of guilt by announcement. This

practice, which has cropped up at various

stages of Mr. Ozer's unsuccesstul prosecution

of Mr. Swainson on bribery charges, is obnox-

ious and wrong.

The attorney general owes it to the good

reputation of the Justice Department and to

the concept of fairness and equity to deal

forcefully with Mr. Ozer's actions. We believe,

Levi

Ozer

with Mr. Bushnell, that that means his remo

Forceful detion in order

val from positions of responsibility.

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ROBERT C. OZER

1587 BATES

BIRMINGHAM, MICH. 48009

October 15, 1976

Richard Sprague, Esquire

c/ Honorable Thomas N. Downing

2135 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Sprague:

Enclosed herewith please find a resume of

my background and experience. I wish to apply

for a staff position with the House Select

Committee investigating the assasinations of

John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, JI.

I will, of course, be happyy to supplement

this letter and resume with any formal applica-

tion or other materials that may be required or

requested by you.

Best personal regards.

Sincerely yours,

32,.

63%

Robert C. Ozer

NW 66000

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

WASILINCTON, D'C. 20530

Addrodo Reply lo 8be

Division Indicarod

and Reles so Initial and Nurebor

WSL: vda

August 12, 1976

Michigan Board of Law Examiners

c/o Clerk, Supreme Court of Michigan

P. 0. Box 88

Lansing, Michigan 48901

Re: Robert C. Ozer

Dear Members of the Board:.

Robert C. Ozer, presently a Departmental Attorney with

the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Criminal Division,

United States Department of Justice,

has requested that I

advise you fully. of the facts and circumstances concerning his

impending termination of service with the Department. At his

request, I am pleased to do so.

Mi. Ozer joined the Department in December 1969 and

was initially assigned as an attorney with the Philadelphia

Strike Force. His work was excellent, and in April 1972 ne

was promoted to head the Buffalo, Strike Force. His work there

was also excellent,

and he left the Department in May 1973 to

enter private practice in Philadelphia.

He returned to the

potose tie one:

Department with the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section

in October 1974, and in February 1975 was assigned to head the

The first disciplinary inquiry of any kind conducted

by the Department concerning Mr. Ozer began on December 4, 1975,

when Mr. Ozer was formally requested to explain certain.comments

attributed to him in Newsweek Magazine, December

1, 1975.

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Mr. Ozer advises me that he is submitting to you full

documentation concerning that inquiry.

Mr. Ozer submitted

his formal explanation on December 15,

•1975, and on

December 19, 1975, Mr. Ozer was interviewed personally by

Associate Deputy Attorney General Rudolph W. Giuliani and

later that day by the Deputy Attorney General,'

the Honorable

Harold R. Tyler, JI.

The matter was then taken under advise-

ment by the Department.

. During the next several months, the Department

received several complaints concerning Mr. Ozer's conduct

during the investigation, trial, and subsequent investigation

concerning Michigan Supreme Court Justice John B. Swainson.

Most notably these complaints were contained in a letter to

the Attorney General, in January 1976, by George E. Bushnell,

JI., President of the State Bar of Michigan, in which abusive

use of the grand jury, as well as improper public statements,

was alleged.

On April 27, 1976, the Deputy' Attorney General wrote

a letter to Me. Ozer, a

Copy of which, I am advised by Mr. Ozer

is being provided to you.

It is to be noted that the, Deputy Attorney General

found all of the allegations of grand jury abuse and many other

allegations in Mr. Bushnell's letter to be unfounded and

without substance.

As you will note in the letter, Mr. Ozer

was formally admonished for his

Newsweek and for his public statements, post-trial, in which

he commented upon the verdict in the Swainson case.

During the pendency of the inquiry concerning Mr. Ozer,

I had every hope and confidence that he would conduct himsels

with the most meticulous care to avoid any conduct, personal or

professional, which could reflect adversely upon the Department..

In this regard I was disappointed.

In my view, MI. Ozer

exercised poor judgment in his retention of his personal attorney

for his own aivorce proceedings. Mr. Ozer had met his attorney

as opposing counsel in the highly publicized Swainson case

(the attorney represented a co-defendant), and in fact the

Detroit newspapers took note of the attorney's appearance of

record as counsel for MI. Ozer in divorce proceedings.

Mr. Ozer should have known that such an attorney-

client association could reflect adversely upon the Department

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in the event that his attorney had any further dealings, as

an adversary, with the Detroit Strike Force.. In fact, such

an incident occurred in May 1976.

In May 1976, the attorney was retained by the family

of a federal prisoner for the purpose of efforts to effectuate

a reassignment of that prisoner from the federal penitentiary

at Leavenworth, Kansas, to an institution closer to Michigan.

Mr. Ozer instructed a subordinate to make application to have

the

prisoner brought to Detroit by means of a writ of habeas

corpus ad testificandum.

The subordinate objected to issuance':.

of the writ, but he was overruled by Mr. Ozer.

It is Mr. Ozer's

contention that his subordinate was advised that the purpose

of the writ was to ascertain whether or not the prisoner could

assist federal investigators with their ongoing investigation

and to thereby enable the Department to ascertain whether of not.

the Department should in any way

support a permanent reassignment

to a different prison.: Mr. Ozer's subordinate claims he was

not so advised until he raised the issue of the propriety of the

application for the writ.

The prisoner was in fact brought to

"Detroit where he remained

in Marshal's

custody for several

weeks.

He was interviewed by Mr. Ozer's subordinate and by a

federal investigator, and he was then

returned to Leavenworth.

Under the circumstancés, I consider Mr. Ozer to have exercised

extremely poor judgment in the proceedings involving the issuance

of the writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum, and I feel that

he treated a subordinate inproperly by summarily overruling

the

subordinate's objections to issuance of the writ. Mr. Ozer's

poor judgment as outlined

above caused me to conclude that

Mr. Ozer's resignation

should be requested. I have requested

and received Mr. Ozerls resignation, although the effective date

of that resignation has

not been precisely determined.

I view Mr. Ozeris conduct as outlined above to be

extremely poor judgment

with respect to his responsibilities

as Chief of a Department of Justice Strike Force.

I believe,

however, that he is an excellent lawyer and I believe that he

is professionally and morally qualified for admission to the

Michigan Bar: I do recommend his admission to the Michigan Bar.

Very truly yours,

LYNCH

Chief, Organized Crime and

Racketeering Section

Criminal Division

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MEMO

TO:

Richard A. Sprague

FROM: fes Robert C. Ozer

Staff Counsel

SUBJECT: Procedure for Issuance of Subpoenaes

DATE:

October 21, 1976

The House of Representatives, by House Rule 11(m) (2) (a),

a copy of which is attached, provides that subpoenaes, when

authorized by rule (or resolution) may be issued by the

committee,

"only when authorized by a majority of the members

of the committee," and that the chairman, or such member

delegated by him, may perform the ministerial act of issuing

the subpoena.

We are advised by the Office of Legislative Counsel

(Willoughby Sheame) as well as by Staff Director of the

Select Committee on Narcotics that the above procedure is

invariably followed by all House committees and subcommittees.

All of the attorneys who have conferred you this question

feel that our resolution (H. Res. 1540) does not provide for

any different procedure. The resolution at lines 1-10, page

2, refers to the select committee (or any subcommittee

authorized by it

as authorized to issue subpoenaes. At

page 3, lines 4-7, the conventional procedure described

above was provided by authorization to the chairman (or any

member designated by him) to sign subpoenaes.

Finally, even if the resolution (H.Res.1540) had authorized

a unique and different procedure, the committee itself has

limited itself to the conventional procedure described above.

This has been done by the routine adoption by the committee

of the Rules of the House. Thus, even if the House had

expanded the committee's authorized power (which it did not),

the committee has limited itself to the conventional procedure.

I have not yet ascertained, but I will undertake to do

so, whether the phrase in Rule II (m) (2) (a) "when authorized

by a majority of the members of the committee" can mean a

majority of those present and voting - e.g. a quorum of two;

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or the requirement is actually for a majority of the

committee. I am inclined to feel, without benefit of

research or consultation at this time, that just as a

majority of the House (under House Rules) means a majority

of the quorum present and voting, a majority of the

committee would be satisfied by a majority of the quorum

present and voting.

vie?

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

$ 715.

Rule XI.

sideration of such measure or matter in the

House. This subparagraph shall not apply to-

(A) any measure for the declaration of war,

or the declaration of a national emergency, by

the Congress; or

(B) any executive decision, determination,

or action which would become or continue to be,

effective unless disapproved or otherwise

invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress.

Paragraph (6) was originally contained in section 108 of the Legis-

Intive Reorganization Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1140) and was incorporated

into the rules on January 22, 1971 (H. Res. 5, 92nd Congress, p. 141).

The rule was amended on October 13, 1972 (H. Res. 1153, 92nd Con-

gress, pp. 36013-23) to clarify the three-day availability requirement,

and was further amended effective January 3, 1975 (H. Res. 988, 93rd

Congress, D. -) to eliminate the exemptions from the first sentence

of the rule conferred upon the Committees on Appropriations, House

Administration and Standards of Official Conduct, and on January 14,

1975 (H. Res. 5, 94th Congress, D —), to remove some extraneous

lunguage inadvertently inserted in the first sentence by H. Res. 988.

With

respect to the committee expense resolutions reported by

the Committee on House Administration

pursuant to clause 5 of

Rule XI, the one-day availability requirement of that clause, rather

than the three-day requirement of this rule, is applicable, but other

privileged resolutions reported from that committee are now subject

to this clause (Speaker Albert, Mar. 6, 1975, p. —).

(7) If, within seven calendar days after a

measure has, by resolution, been made in order

for consideration by the House, no motion has

been offered that the House consider that meas-

ure, any member of the committee which reported

that measure may be recognized in the discretion

of the Speaker to offer a motion that the House

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KULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rule XI.

& 718

shall consider that measure, if that committee has

duly authorized that member to offer that notion.

Paragraph (7) was contained in section 109 of the Legislative

Reorganization Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1140) and became purt of the

rules on January 22, 1971 (FI. Res. 5, 22nd Congress, D. 144).

Power to sit and act; subpena power

(m) (1) For the purpose of carrying out any of

its functions and duties under this

§ 718.

rule and Rule X (including any mat-

ters referred to it under elause 5 of Rule X), any

committee, or any subcommittee thereot, is author-

ized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A) of this

paragraph) -

(A) to sit and act at such times and places

within the United States, whether the House is

in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, and

to hold such hearings, and

(B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise,

the attendance and testimony of such witnesses

and the production of such books, records, cor-

respondence, memorandums,

paper's,

and

documents

as it deems necessary. The chairman of the commit-

tee, or any member designated by such chairman,

may administer oaths to any witness.

(2) (A) A subpena may be issued by a com-

mittee or subcommittee

under subparagraph

(1) (B) in the conduct of any investigation or

activity or series of investigations or activities,

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

$ 719(a).

Rule XI.

only when authorized by a majority of the mem-

bers of the committee, and authorized subpenas

shall be signed by the chairman of the committee

or by any member designated by the committee.

(B) Compliance with any subpena issued

by a committee or subcommittee under sub-

paragraph (1) (B) may be enforced only as

authorized or directed by the House.

Prior to the adoption of clause 2(m) effective January 3, 1975

(H. Res. 988, 93rd Congress, D. -), only the Committees on Appro-

priations, Budget, Government Operations,

Internal

Security

Standards of Official Conduct were permitted by the standing rules

to perform the functions as specified in paragraphs (1) (A) and (B),

and other standing and select committees were given those authorities

by separate resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules each

Congress. On January 14, 1975 (H. Res. 5, 94th Congress, p. —),

paragraph (2)(A) was amended to require authorized subpenas to

be signed by the chairman of the full committee or any member desig-

nated by the committee.

Use of committee funds for travel

(n) Funds authorized for a committee under

8 719(a). Committee clause 5 are for expenses incurred in

travel.

the committee's activities within the

United States; however, local currencies owned by

the United States shall be made available to the

committee and its employees engaged in carrying

out their official duties outside the United States.

No appropriated funds shall be expended for the

purpose of defraying expenses of members of the

committee or its employees in any country where

local currencies are available for this purpose; and

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rule XI.

$ 719(b).

the following conditions shall apply with respect to

their use of such currencies :

(1) No Member or employee of the committee

shall receive or expend local currencies for sub-

sistence in any country at a rate in excess of the

maximum per diem rate set forth in applicable

Federal law.

(2) Each Member or employee of the commit-

8 719 (b). Travel

tee shall make to the chairman of

reports.

the committee an itemized report

showing the number of days

visited in each

country whose local currencies were spent, the

amount of per diem furnished, and the cost of

transportation if furnished by public carrier, or,

if such transportation is furnished by an agency

of the United States Government, the cost of such

transportation and the identification of the

agency. All such individual reports shall be filed

by the chairman with the Committee on House

Administration and shall be open to public in-

spection.

Prior to the adoption.of clause (n) and of clause 1(b) of Rule XI

effective January 3, 1975 (H. Res. 988, 93rd Congress, p. -), each

committee was

given separate authority to incur expenses in con-

nection with their investigations and studies, and certain committees

were authorized to use local currencies for foreign committee travel,

in resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules in each Congress.

As indicated in clause 1 (b), the authority to incur expenses (including

travel

expenses) is subject to the adoption of expense resolutions

reported from the Committee on House Administration as required

by clause 5, Rule XI.

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MEMO TO: Richard A. Sprague

FROM:

Robert C. Ozer

Staff Counsel

SUBJECT: Procedure for

Issuance of Subpoenaes

DATE:

October 21, 1976

The House of Representatives, by House Rule 11(m) (2) (a),

copy of which is attached, provides that subpoenaes, when

authorized by rule (or resolution) may be issued by the

committee, "only when

authorized by a majority of the members

of the committee," and that the chairman, or such member

delegated by him, may perform the ministerial act of issuing

the subpoena..

We are advised by the Office of Legislative Counsel

(Willoughby Sheame) as well as by Staff Director of the

Select Committee on Narcotics that the above procedure is

invariably followed by all House committees and subcommittees.

All of the attorneys who have conferred you this question

feel that our resolution (H. Res. 1540) does not provide for

any different procedure. The resolution at lines 1-10, page

2, refers to the select committee (or any subcommittee

authorized by it) as authorized to issue subpoenaes. At

page 3, lines 4-7, the conventional procedure described

above was provided by authorization to the chairman (or any

member designated by him to sign subpoenaes.

Finally, even if the resolution (H.Res.1540) had authorized

a unique and different procedure, the committee itself has

limited itself to the conventional procedure described above.

This has been done by the routine adoption by the committee

of the Rules of the House.

Thus, even if the House had

expanded the committee's authorized power (which it did not),

the committee has limited itself to the conventional procedure.

' I have not yet ascertained, but I will undertake to do

so, whether the phrase in Rule II (m) (2) (a) "when authorized

by a majority of the members of the committee" can mean a

majority of those present and voting - e.g. a quorum of two;

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or the requirement is actually for a majority of the

committee.

I am inclined to feel, without benefit of

research or consultation at this time, that just as a

majority of the House (under House Rules) means a majority

of the quorum present

and voting, a majority of the

committee would be satisfied by a majority of the quorum

present and voting.

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

B 715.

Rule XI.

sideration of such measure or matter in the

House. This subparagraph shall not apply to—

(A) any measure for the declaration of war,

or the declaration of a national emergency, by

the Congress; or

(B) any executive decision, determination,

or action which would become or continue to be,

effective unless disapproved or otherwise

invalidated by one or both Houses of Congress.

Paragraph (G) was originally contained in section 108 of the Legis-

Intive Reorganization Act of 1070 (84 Stat. 1140) and was incorporated

into the rules on January 22, 1971 (H. Res. 5, 92nd Congress, p. 144).

The rule was amended on October 13, 1972 (H. Res. 1153, 92nd Con-

gress, DD. 36013-23) to clarify the three-day availability requirement,

and was further amended effective January 3, 1975 (H. Res. 988, 93rd

Congress, D. -) to eliminate the exemptions from the first sentence

of the rule conferred upon the Committees on Appropriations, House

Administration and Standards of Official Conduct, and on January 11,

1975 (H. Res.

5, 94th Congress, P—, to remove some extraneous

language inadvertently inserted in the first sentence by H. Res. 988.

With respect to the committee

expense

resolutions

reported by

the Committee on

House Administration pursuant to

clause 5 of

Rule XI, the one-day availability requirement of that clause, rather

than the three-day requirement of this rule, is applicable, but other

privileged resolutions reported from that committee are now subject

to this clnuse (Speaker Albert, Mar. 6, 1975, p. —).

(7) If, within seven calendar days after a

measure has, by resolution, been made in order

for consideration by the House, no motion has

been offered that the House consider that meas-

ure, any member of the committee which reported

that measure may be recognized in the discretion

of the Speaker to offer a motion that the House

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rule XI.

8 718

shall consider that measure, if that committee has

duly authorized that member to offer that motion.

Paragraph (7) was contained in section 109 of the Legislative

Reorganization Act of 1970 (81 Stat. 1140) and became part of the

rules on January 22, 1971 (HI. Res. 5, 92nd Congress, p. 144).

Power to sit and act; subpena power

(m) (1) For the purpose of carrying out any of

its functions and duties under this

§ 718.

rule and Rule X (including any mat-

ters referred to it under clause 5 of Rule X), any

committee, or any subcommittee thereot, is author-

ized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A) of this

paragraph) -

(A) to sit and act at such times and places

within the United States, whether the House is

in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, and

to hold such hearings, and

(B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise,

the attendance and testimony of such witnesses

and the production of such books, records, cor-

respondence, memorandums, papers,

and

documents

as it deems necessary. The chairman of the commit-

tee, or any member designated by such chairman,

may administer oaths to any witness.

(2) (A) A subpena may be issued by a com-

mittee or subcommittee under subparagraph

(1) (B) in the conduct of any investigation or

activity or series of investigations or activities,

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

$ 719(8).

Rule XI.

only when authorized by a majority of the mem-

bers of the committee, and authorized subpenas

shall be signed by the chairman of the committee

or by any member designated by the committee.

(B) Compliance with any subpena issued

by a committee or subcommittee under sub-

paragraph (1) (B) may be enforced only as

authorized or directed by the House.

Prior to the adoption of clause 2(m) effective January 3, 1975

(H. Res. 988,

93rd Congress, D. -), only the Committees on Appro-

priations,

Budget, Government Operations, Internal

Security and

Standards of Ollicial Conduet were permitted by the standing rules

to perform the functions as specified in paragraphs (1) (A) and (B),

and other standing and select committees were given those authorities

by separate resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules each

Congress. On January 14, 1975 (H. Res. 5, 94th Congress, D. -),

paragraph (2) (A) was amended to require authorized subpenas to

be signed by the chairman of the full committee or any member desig-

nated by the committee.

Use of committee funds for travel

(n) Funds authorized for a committee under

$ 719(a). Committee Clause 5 are for expenses incurred in

travel.

the committee's activities within the

United States; however, local currencies owned by

the United States shall be made available to the

committee and its employces engaged in carrying

out their official duties outside the United States.

No appropriated funds shall be expended for the

purpose of defraying expenses of members of the

committee of its employees in any country where

local currencies are available for this purpose; and

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Rule XI.

$ 719 (b).

the following conditions shall apply with respect to

their use of such currencies :

(1) No Member or employee of the committee

shall receive or expend local currencies for sub-

sistence in any country at a rate in excess of the

maximum per diem rate set forth in applicable

Federal law.

(2) Each Member or employee of the commit-

8 719 (b). Travel

tee shall make to the chairman of

reports.

the committee an itemized report

showing the number of days visited in each

country whose local currencies were spent, the

amount of per diem furnished, and the cost of

transportation if furnished by public carrier, or,

if such transportation is furnished by an agency

of the United States Government, the cost of such

transportation and the identification of the

ageney. All such individual reports shall be filed

by the chairman with the Committee on House

Administration and shall be open to public in-

spection.

Prior to the adoption of clause (n) and of clause 1(b) of Rule XI

effective January 3, 1975 (H. Res. 088, 93rd Congress, D. —), each

committee was given separate authority to incur expenses in con-

nection with their investigations and studies, and certain committees

were authorized to use local currencies for foreign committee travel,

in resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules in each Congress.

As indicated in clause 1 (b), the authority to incur expenses (including

travel expenses) is subject to the adoption of expense

resolutiong

reported from the Committee on House Administration as

required

by clause 5, Rule XI.

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RESUME

Robert C. Ozer

• .

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan

(313) 642-3835

48009

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal

organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

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- 2 -

May 1972-May 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation anc

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania. Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968, assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendar.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

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RESUME

Robert C.

Ozer

Address:

1587 Bates

Birmingham, Michigan: 48009

(313) 642-3835

Education:

L.L.B. (with Honors): University of Pennsylvania

Law School, 1967

B.S.Ec.: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School,

1964

Professional Experience:

February 1975-July 1976: United States Department of

Justice, Attorney-in-Charge of Detroit Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigations

and prosecutions in the State of Michigan.

October 1974-February 1975: United States Department

of Justice, Trial Attorney

Attached to headquarters staff of Organized

Crime and Racketeering Section, with major

trial responsibility.

May 1973-October 1974: Associate with firm of Blank,

Rome, Klaus and Comisky

Associate with 70 member firm, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania.

Worked in Litigation Department

as general litigation attorney, civil and

criminal.

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-2 -

May 1972-MaY 1973: United States Department of Justice,

Attorney-in-Charge of Buffalo Strike Force

Exercised supervisory responsibility and

authority for all Federal organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions in western New York.

December 1969-May 1973: United States Department of

Justice, Departmental Attorney

Assigned to Philadelphia Strike Force with

responsibility for Federal organized crime

and political corruption investigation and

prosecutions in eastern Pennsylvania.

Served

as acting Attorney-in-Charge from September 1971

to April 1972.

November 1967-December 1969: Assistant State's Attorney

of Baltimore City

Assistant prosecutor for the city of Baltimore.

From November 1967 to November 1968;

assigned

to Trial Division with trial responsibility

on a weekly basis for a general criminal

calendas.

From November 1968 to December 1969,

was responsible for organized crime and

political corruption investigations and

prosecutions.

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