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Loretta Lynch was nominated to be the next U.S. Attorney General. 
U.S. Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch named Wednesday a second-in-command for the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office.
Former federal prosecutor Kelly Currie will return to the office as chief assistant under Lynch, putting him in line to serve as the acting U.S. Attorney if Lynch is confirmed by the Senate and until a permanent replacement is selected.
Currie led investigations of terrorism, white-collar crime and violent gangs in the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office from 1999 to 2010.
“Kelly Currie is a highly experienced trial lawyer who is well respected inside and outside the courtroom,” said Edwin Baum, managing partner of the law firm of Crowell & Moring in Manhattan where Currie was a partner since leaving public service.
