19 Facts About Pierre-Richard Prosper

Pierre-Richard Prosper was born on September 19,1963 and is an American lawyer, prosecutor and former government official.

Pierre-Richard Prosper served as the second United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues under President George W Bush from 2001 to 2005.

Pierre-Richard Prosper was raised in Upstate New York, where he graduated from Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, New York.

Pierre-Richard Prosper obtained an undergraduate degree from Boston College and a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law.

Pierre-Richard Prosper was a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County, California from 1989 to 1994.

Pierre-Richard Prosper was assigned to the Narcotics Section, Drug Enforcement Task Force, where he investigated and prosecuted major international drug cartels.

From 1996 to late 1998, Pierre-Richard Prosper served as a war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Pierre-Richard Prosper was appointed lead trial attorney and prosecuted Prosecutor vs Jean-Paul Akayesu, the first-ever case of genocide under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Pierre-Richard Prosper served as a career prosecutor at the US Department of Justice where he was Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division in 1999.

From 1999 to 2001, Pierre-Richard Prosper was detailed to the State Department where he served as the Special Counsel and Policy Adviser to the previous Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues.

Pierre-Richard Prosper was confirmed by the United States Senate, and sworn in on July 13,2001, and served until late 2005.

Pierre-Richard Prosper engaged foreign parliaments and multilateral and international organizations to build support for US policies.

Pierre-Richard Prosper regularly visited conflict zones in efforts to secure peace, stability, and the rule of law.

Pierre-Richard Prosper reported to US Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice and advised the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, White House Counsel, and other senior US government officials.

Pierre-Richard Prosper was the chief US negotiator and lead diplomat responsible for engaging nations regarding their nationals held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and captured by US forces in combat.

Currently, Pierre-Richard Prosper holds the position of Partner in the Los Angeles office of ArentFox Schiff LLP, where he has handled several high-profile cases.

Pierre-Richard Prosper serves as a trustee on the Boston College Board of Trustees.

In September 2018, Pierre-Richard Prosper was appointed to the Pepperdine University School of Law Board of Trustees.

Sometime between October 2018 and May 2019, Chinese video surveillance company Hikvision retained Pierre-Richard Prosper to advise the company regarding human rights compliance according to an emailed statement from a Hikvision spokesman.