On
January 10, 2012 Jeffrey S. Chiesa
was sworn in as New Jersey's 59th
Attorney General.
Chiesa
served as Chief Counsel to Governor
Chris Christie from January 2010 through
December 2011, when he was nominated
to be New Jersey Attorney General
by Governor Christie.
Prior
to his appointment as Chief Counsel,
Chiesa served as Executive Director
of Governor Christie’s Transition
Team. Chiesa was previously a partner
at the law firm of Wolf & Samson
in their litigation group.
Prior
to joining Wolf & Samson, Chiesa
worked in the U.S. Attorney’s
Office in the District of New Jersey
from 2002 – 2009, last serving
as the Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney.
He also served as Counsel to the U.S.
Attorney and as Chief of the Public
Protection Unit. Chiesa was involved
in all aspects of the U.S. Attorney’s
Office, including the management of
the Criminal, Civil, Appeals and Special
Prosecutions Divisions.
As
a unit chief, he supervised a group
of Assistant U.S. attorneys primarily
responsible for the investigation
and prosecution of criminal cases
involving bank robbery, child pornography,
human trafficking and identity theft.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s
Office, Chiesa was a partner at the
law firm of Dughi and Hewit, where
he litigated civil matters, including
the representation of medical professionals
and hospitals.
Chiesa
is a graduate of the University of
Notre Dame, where he earned his Bachelor
of Business Administration in Accounting.
He earned his Juris Doctorate from
The Catholic University of America.
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