D C United States

KENECHUKWU O. OKOCHA email: ********@*****.***

Address: **** ***** ****** ***, **, Washington, D.C. 20024 phone: 608-***-**** WORK EXPERIENCE

Deputy Chief, United States Attorney’s Office for D.C. (USAO), Washington, D.C. (Feb 2019–present)

Directly supervise 8 – 14 sex offense and domestic violence Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs)

Approve search warrants and other legal process from supervisee AUSAs and law enforcement

Member of hiring committee & diversity committee

Confer with, and/or train, prosecution partners (e.g. judiciary, law enforcement, forensic nurses)

HONORS: United States Attorney’s Team Award, Sept 2022 Assistant U. S. Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for D.C., Washington, D.C. (Jan 2011 –Feb 2019)

Handled hundreds of rape, child molestation, violent crime, drug distributing, and domestic violence cases

Tried over 45 trials in D.C. Superior and U.S. District Court

Authored several search warrants, including requests under the ECPA for service provider’s user data

Researched and wrote constitutional and evidentiary based motions and appellate briefs

HONORS: Two Special Achievement Awards for outstanding prosecutions, Sept 2016 & Sept 2018 Assistant District Attorney, Dane County District Attorney’s Office, Madison, WI (Aug 2008 – Dec 2010)

Tried over ten trials, including two publicized homicide trials

Wrote multiple constitutional and evidentiary based motions Legal Fellow, The Greenlining Institute, Berkeley, CA (Aug 2007 – Aug 2008)

Advocated for Minority and Other Historically Underrepresented Groups at California Regulatory Bodies

Drafted filings for California Department of Insurance and California Public Utilities Commission TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, The Washington Center, Washington, D.C. (Jan 2018 – May 2020, June 2021 – Aug 2021) Mock Trial Coach, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI (Oct 2008 – Dec 2010) EDUCATION

J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School (UW-Law), Madison, WI (May 2007)

Moot Court Board 2L and 3L year

Student Bar Association – President 3L year, Vice President of Public Service 2L year

Black Law Student Association – Executive Director 3L year

Abe Sigman Award for scholarship and character 3L year

Bruce F. Beilfuss Award for outstanding service to the law school 2L year B.S., Industrial Engineering and Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (May 2004) BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia; California; Wisconsin.

CERTIFICATIONS & HONORS

Former D.C. Superior Court Judicial Nominee, by President Joe Biden, June 2023 & January 2024

Prosecution Leaders of Now, Stanford University: Graduate School of Business, (Aug – Nov 2020)

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