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Ex-U.S. Attorneys Bestow Award on Former Prosecutor

By Andrew Ramonas

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NEW YORK — The National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys on Saturday bestowed its top honor to a former Assistant U.S. Attorney from the Western District of New York.

National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys President Rich Rossman and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen Mehltretter (photo by Andrew Ramonas / Main Justice)

Kathleen Mehltretter, who was a top official in the Buffalo-based U.S. Attorney’s office, worked on several major prosecutions including the Oklahoma City bombing case, the prosecution of the “Lackawanna Six” on charges of providing material support to al-Qaeda and the high-profile case against a man who killed an Amherst, N.Y. doctor who performed abortions. She retired in April after more than 31 years as a federal prosecutor.

Former U.S. Attorney Terrance Flynn of the Western District of New York said she been a hardworking Assistant U.S. Attorney throughout many presidential administrations.

“She has always kept her eyes focused on the Department of Justice and the importance that it be the leader in the country and the leader in the executive branch in pursuing what is the appropriate areas that we should investigate and we should promote as a country to ensure that every individual is properly protected,” said Flynn, who was U.S. Attorney from 2006 to 2009.

Mehltretter said the award was the “crowning achievement” of her career.

“I am overwhelmed, and to receive an award from one’s peers is the highest honor,” Mehltretter said.

The award is named for J. Michael Bradford, the Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney from 1994 to 2001. Bradford, who died in 2003, successfully defended the government against lawsuits stemming from the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians compound in Waco, Texas.

The National Association of former U.S. Attorneys last year honored Eastern District of New York Assistant U.S. Attorney Marshall Miller with the award. He has worked on major terrorism prosecutions, including the 2009 New York subway bombing plot case against Najibullah Zazi.

Full post as published by Main Justice on October 09, 2010 (boomark / email).