U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. will discuss the vital role of the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Offices in protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
He will describe the value of American diversity and the importance of a unified government and community response to acts of intolerance or discrimination against any of our citizens. In particular, he will discuss efforts of the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia to combat hate crimes and civil rights violations.
Ronald C. Machen Jr. was nominated to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia by President Barack Obama on December 24, 2009. Mr. Machen’s appointment was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 11, 2010. Before Mr. Machen’s appointment, he was a partner at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr and practiced in the firm’s Investigations and Criminal Litigation group. Before practicing at Wilmer Hale, Mr. Machen served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Machen joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1997 after having served as a law clerk to the Honorable Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Machen graduated from Stanford University in 1991 and Harvard Law School in 1994. In 2008, the National Law Journal named Machen one of the “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America.” In 2007, The American Lawyer identified him as one of the “50 Most Promising Litigators in America Under the Age of 45,” and in 2006, the Washingtonian magazine named him one of D.C.’s “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40.”