"Catholicism and Law"
We read the newspaper and see television reports about prominent government officials who serve our needs. Joe Russoniello will speak to the CPBC about his faith and his role as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. Mass at 7:00 AM – Breakfast at 7:30 – Talk at 7:45am
The Catholic and Professional Business Club (CP&BC) (also known as “Catholics at Work”) invites you to join us. We come together to share our common faith, to network, to hear speakers on pertinent topics, and to discuss ways to incorporate our Catholic spirituality and ethics in the workplace. Please RSVP by clicking on "Register." Questions? Call (415) 614-5579.
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Joesph P. Russoniello
Joseph P. Russoniello is serving his second term as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (which encompasses the 15 counties from the Oregon-California border to Monterey, including the San Francisco Bay Area). Mr. Russoniello was recently senior counsel and resident in the San Francisco office of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP where he was a member of the Litigation department and the practice group for Business Crimes & Regulatory Defense. Mr. Russoniello also served as Dean of the San Francisco Law School for five and a half years until his resignation in July 2007.
From January 1982 to March 1990, Mr. Russoniello served his first term as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. He personally prosecuted Larry Layton of the Peoples Temple for his part in the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan in Jonestown, Guyana, and tried several other high profile criminal and civil cases. His office prosecuted the Hitachi and Mitsubishi corporations for their theft of IBM secrets; Jerry Whitworth and James D. Harper Jr. in separate espionage cases; and dozens of white collar crime cases involving financial institution fraud, money laundering, securities fraud, public corruption, defense procurement fraud, other government contract fraud, export control violations, copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting.
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