1. Carmen Milagros Ortiz was born on January 5,1956 and is an attorney, college instructor, and former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
30 Facts About Carmen Ortiz
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Carmen Ortiz succeeded Michael Sullivan in that position, with Michael J Loucks serving as the interim US Attorney between Sullivan's resignation and Ortiz's confirmation.
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In December 2016, Carmen Ortiz announced that she would step down from her post in January.
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Carmen Ortiz's announcement was not unexpected, because incoming president Donald Trump had the authority to name new US Attorneys.
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Carmen Ortiz has said that, as a child, watching Perry Mason on television inspired her to become a lawyer.
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Carmen Ortiz later earned her JD at George Washington University's National Law Center in 1981.
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Carmen Ortiz worked on judicial reform in Guatemala with Harvard professor, former Watergate prosecutor, and former deputy attorney general Philip Heymann.
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From 1981 to 1983, Carmen Ortiz was an attorney with the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division.
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Carmen Ortiz served as Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in two stints: 1983 to 1988 and 1991 to 1994.
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Carmen Ortiz coordinated the Center for Criminal Justice at Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991.
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Carmen Ortiz was both the first woman and the first Hispanic to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
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Carmen Ortiz was rebuffed in several harshly worded rulings by judges on cases brought by her office.
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In 2011, Carmen Ortiz's office was responsible for the prosecution of GlaxoSmithKline general counsel Lauren Stevens.
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Carmen Ortiz's office led the prosecution of mobster Whitey Bulger.
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Carmen Ortiz pleaded not guilty to 48 charges, including 19 counts of murder, extortion, money laundering, obstruction of justice, perjury, narcotics distribution and weapons violations.
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Carmen Ortiz's office led the prosecution of Bulger's girlfriend Catherine Greig.
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Carmen Ortiz led the prosecution of American pharmacist Tarek Mehanna, who was accused of, among other crimes, translating and posting online materials described by prosecutors as Al Qaeda propaganda.
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Carmen Ortiz came under fire after her office was involved in the January 19,2013 arrest of a man who reportedly "looks very much like" a wanted drug suspect.
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The Appeals Court ruled that Carmen Ortiz "violated the plea agreement it entered into with Gonczy," and it vacated the sentence.
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Carmen Ortiz's office prosecuted computer programmer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz.
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The prosecution brought by Carmen Ortiz involved what was characterized by numerous critics, such as former White House Counsel John Dean, as "overcharging" and "overzealous" prosecution for the alleged computer crimes.
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The next day, Carmen Ortiz issued a statement saying that her office had never intended to seek maximum penalties against Aaron Swartz, despite their public statements indicating they would do so, directly leading to his suicide.
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Boston's WBUR reported in February 2013 that Carmen Ortiz was expected to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's probe into the handling of the Aaron Swartz case.
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Carmen Ortiz's office sought to confiscate the Motel Caswell in Tewksbury, Massachusetts from its owner, Russ Caswell.
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Carmen Ortiz's office led the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing.
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On June 27,2013, Carmen Ortiz unveiled a grand jury's 30-count indictment against suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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In 2017 Carmen Ortiz was prosecuting Gottesfeld under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for taking the Boston Children's Hospital website down during an online donation drive to protest the hospital's treatment of Justina Pelletier.
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Carmen Ortiz has been held for trial since February 2016 and had reported that he was on a hunger strike and claimed that he had been put in solitary confinement as punishment for the hunger strike.
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In 2014, Carmen Ortiz prosecuted 5 Teamsters activists for picketing the Bravo Network show Top Chef for extortion and racketeering in response to their picketing the show for not hiring union drivers.
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Carmen Ortiz reportedly considered a campaign for Governor of Massachusetts, but she denied interest in such a run.