French was first appointed to be a US Attorney by Clinton in '99, and left in early 2001 when Dubya took office.
Dan French came into his job as U.S. attorney with something to prove two years ago. Of the 94 U.S. attorneys across the country, none had less legal experience.There was grumbling in the legal community that someone just four years out of law school didn't deserve to run an office where career prosecutors had been putting away criminals for decades. As the top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York, French was in charge of prosecuting federal crimes in a 32-county region that includes Syracuse.
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He said he wants to get involved in federal lobbying and might eventually run for public office. But he and his wife, Channel 9 reporter Kelly French, plan to stay in the Syracuse area.
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