FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? OJP
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2001???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 202/307-0703
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
DEBORAH DANIELS AS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department? announced the confirmation of Deborah J.
Daniels as Assistant Attorney General for the Department?s? Office of Justice Programs (OJP).? Ms. Daniels has many years of experience as
a local prosecutor, United States Attorney, private practitioner and active
member of her community in Indianapolis.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Daniels was with the
Indianapolis law firm
of
Kreig DeVault LLP, where she specialized in legislative and regulatory
work.? Previously, she served as the
Executive Director of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, Inc., a not-for-profit
organization which pioneered the public-private partnerships that have
contributed to Indianapolis? success and which, during her tenure, extended its
reach to neighborhood economic development.
She played a key role in founding an Indianapolis not-for-profit which provides
transitional housing for victims of domestic violence and their children.? She has served on the boards of a number of
charitable organizations benefitting victims of child abuse, the mentally ill
and the developmentally disabled, as well as organizations providing pro bono
legal services to the poor and to neighborhood organizations.
From 1988-1993, Ms. Daniels served as U.S. Attorney
for the Southern District of Indiana.
She was instrumental in establishing Project Weed and Seed in
Indianapolis, a program that continues to be a national model in achieving Weed
and Seed?s goals of integrating law enforcement, community policing, violence
prevention and neighborhood restoration efforts.
She
also served as the first Director of the Executive Office of Weed and Seed
within the Department of Justice from 1992-1993, for which she received the
Attorney General?s Award for Excellence in Management.? During her tenure as U.S. Attorney, she also
received the Attorney General?s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement
Coordination and served on the Attorney General?s Advisory Committee of U.S.
Attorneys.
Prior to her service as U.S. Attorney, Ms. Daniels
worked as Chief Counsel to the Prosecuting Attorney in Marion County, Indiana,
supervising the areas of child abuse, sexual abuse and domestic violence
prosecutions, adult protective services and victims? assistance.
She received a BA with honors from DePauw University
and graduated cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law.
Information about OJP? bureaus and program offices is available at www.ojp.usdoj.gov. Media
should contact OJP?s Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at
202/307-0703.
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