Lucido among the candidates who want to lead the American prosecutor's office - Oakland Press

By Robert Snell and Melissa Nann Burke

Detroit news

About a dozen people and expressed the interest in the position of US lawyer in Detroit, a group that includes several veteran federal prosecutors, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido and former Oakland County Prosecutor, David Goryca, The Detroit News learned from six sources were not authorized.

The group includes two members of the elite national security unit within the American lawyer in charge of combating terrorism, espionage and threats involving weapons of mass destruction.

They are the head of the unit, US Deputy Lawyer Michael Martin and US Deputy Lawyer Jerome Gorgon, while a third US lawyer, Paul Kuebler, prosecutor in the office drug unit, expressed interest, according to three sources familiar with the search process that requested anonymity to discuss the confidential search process.

They are interested in being appointed by President Donald Trump to run an office of 114 prosecutors and managed former American lawyer Dawn as the main Federal law enforcement in one of the most dangerous big cities of the country.

Ison, named by President Joe Biden, resigned in January with the change of presidential administrations. There are speculation about if Trump will choose someone outside the mainstream or will follow a appointment process that almost exclusively led to the selection of a current or former federal prosecutor.

The latest American lawyer in Detroit who was named by Trump, Matthew Schneider, helps to seek the new American lawyer. The members of the GOP delegation from Michigan in Congress are expected to present the names of potential candidates at the White House.

Schneider, who served in the period 2018-21, refused to comment.

“… (the process) will be much free, because each of us have people who could come from their own districts that we would like to present if we believe that they meet the requirements,” said the US Republic, Tim Walberg, from Tipton, for The Detroit News.

Walberg, the highest member of the house in Michigan, indicated that the process is just beginning, and the White House has not offered any chronology at this time, while the councilors focus on the confirmation process for other candidates.

Detroit’s new American lawyer will face unique challenges. Ison’s mandate was marked by a historical decrease in crime, declining cases and a decrease in staff; The office has decreased 60 prosecutors and support employees in recent years. Federal employees are also on the edge on an effort to reduce costs, led by counselor Trump, Elon Musk, as well as controversial appointments at the top levels of the FBI and other federal agencies.

There is no chronology for the appointment of the new American lawyer. Schneider was not appointed up to 10 months after the departure of the predecessor Barbara Mcquade following the administration of President Barack Obama, and Ison was not nominated until nine after Schneider resigned at the beginning of 2021.

American lawyer Julie Beck did not express his interest in this job. However, the list of interested persons includes:

Former representative of US Mike Bishop in Rochester, a former majority leader of the State Senate, who has fulfilled two mandates in the US Chamber 2015-19. He is the president and founder of the American General Councilor, a law firm established to outsource the services of general counselors for small and medium -sized companies and business directors. Bishop has recently fulfilled the position of general counselor of the Republican Party of Michigan, under the Hoekstra spots, which is now nominated by Trump to be the US ambassador to Canada. Bishop responded to a message requesting comments.

Goryca, advisor to the law firm in Troy, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, who deals with criminal defense and civil disputes. He held the position of prosecutor of Oakland County of 1996-2008 and increased in power after defeating prosecutor Richard Thompson in 1996, following Thompson’s three trials against the lawyer assisted by the variety Jack Kevorkian and lawyer Geoffrey Fieger.

Goryca led the office during the successful pursuit of Kevorkian, who was convicted of the second degree to Thomas Youk’s death, after being represented for most of the process. Other remarkable pursuits during his term include a case that involves killing a guest in The Jenny Jones Show “; the criminal prosecution of fans, players and other persons involved in the “wicked palace” fight in November 2004; And the case against Nathaniel Abraham, who made national news when he was convicted of murder to 11 years in 1997.

“It would be a good way to cover my career from the 12 years I spent, because the prosecutor in Oakland County have been the most rewarding years of my professional career,” Goryca told The News. “This is another opportunity to undertake the same profession, but at a different and higher level.”

Oakland County Prosecutor Dave Goryca, speaks Oakland County Prosecutor Dave Goryca, speaks during a meeting at the Commissioner Auditor. (Photo press file Oakland)

Gorgon, a veteran prosecutor who spent almost 15 years in the Detroit prosecutor’s office. Its list of high profile cases includes Jibreel Pratt, a man from Detroit, who prosecutors say that the loyalty has been employed for the Islamic State and the criminal prosecution of the accused persons to have transformed Victory Inn Motel into Detroit into a drug and sex bazaar.

His other notable prosecutors include cases of rocket conspiracy that led to the convictions of at least 13 smokecamp members, a violent street tape in the east of Detroit and seven leaders, members and associates on the North Street -the Young and Skantless or Yns.

Gorgon refused to comment.

Former Plymouth, Kurt Heise, a representative of Michigan State in 2010-16. He chaired the Criminal Justice Committee of the Chamber, held the position of vice -president of the Judicial Committee and led a 2015 attempt to rewrite the laws on trafficking in state persons. The effort involved the creation of the Michigan trafficking commission with prosecutor Bill Schuette. He also sponsored 39 public acts, most of them dealt with anti-criminity measures.

Former lawyer Charles Kalil, a partner with Kirkland and Ellis law firm. In the beginning, he helped to follow the executives in the car industry and the officials of the United Corruption workers, part of a wider repression that led to imprisonment for two former UAW presidents and the federal supervision of the Union. Kalil did not respond to a comment request.

Kuebler, who has worked in the Detroit prosecutor’s office for more than 11 years, drug pursuit, public corruption and other types of cases. He was in charge of losing the assets confiscated by the federal agents during a public corruption investigation that led to the convictions of 14 people, including the seller of public schools in Detroit, Norman Shy, who stole about $ 2.7 million and 13 officials of the school who pocket bribes.

Kuebler also helped to follow the owner of Hyy Moly Donut store, Victor Atisha and two, in 2019, in a case that involved washing over $ 2 million through a popular business that prosecutors say he served as a front for a multi-state marijuana ring. The prosecutor also helped ensure a 15 -year prison sentence last year for Robert Lampkin, a Detroit man sentenced to a METH ring and stole $ 2.1 million for pandemic benefits.

Kuebler refused to comment.

Lucido, the prosecutor of Macomb County in 2021, said that he was interested in both the US lawyer and the candidate for the Republican nomination of the State General Prosecutor, saying that public safety is of extremely important importance.

“All the others don’t matter if you’re dead,” Lucido told The News.

“I think it takes a stranger right now,” he added. “I want to know what is expected of me. If it is not in accordance with what I can offer, then I am not the right man for the job. “

Martin, the head of the national security unit, helped in the criminal prosecution of the lingerie bomber, shoulder Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was sentenced to life in the federal prison for the Terrorist attack of Christmas 2009, on a Detroit plane.

Martin, who refused to comment, also followed the soldier of the Islamic State, Ibraheem Izzy Musibli, a Dearborn man captured on a battlefield of the Islamic State, and Issam Hamama, former American military translator convicted to lie to FBI when he said he was not a source for the Iraqis service during the Dr. Saddam Hussein.

Lawyer of the Prosecutor of LaPEER County, John Miller. He was chosen in 2020 and said he would like to see more investigations and criminal prosecution of cases that involve sexual abuse of children and human trafficking.

He also stressed the importance of recruiting young prosecutors in the office and said it would be a “huge honor” to serve under Trump.

“For the most part, I agree with what they are trying to achieve and believe that if you look only at all the cabinet nominations, almost all are strangers, so I think that sends a message about loyalty,” said Miller.

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Originally published: March 10, 2025 to 7:29 AM EDT