In the span of one week, we learned that the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York had both secured a guilty plea from Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen and With a background in Middle East politics, two years of Arabic language training, and fascination with national … Mr. Trump’s administration had fired the Obama-era leader of the United States attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York last year, after initially asking him to stay on. Separate from the Mueller inquiry, the southern district of New York’s pursuit of the inauguration committee could herald more pain for the president Tom McCarthy in New York @TeeMcSee The Southern District of New York is the most prestigious place to be a lawyer in America. For all the prestige Preet Bharara once wielded, it seems he couldn’t — or wouldn’t — do anything about the conditions in the Manhattan offices of the Southern District of New York. As an intern, my summer was filled with intriguing case work, fascinating testimony, and fiery opening statements. With jurisdiction over Manhattan, the Bronx, and other New York counties, the USAO-SDNY is one of the most powerful – and certainly the most storied – US Attorney’s Offices in the nation.