Uzo Asonye Explained

Uzodinma Asonye is an American attorney. He is a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell and the former Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption office at the Eastern District of Virginia.

Early life and education

Asonye was born to a Nigerian American family.^[1] He attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, graduating in 1998. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.

Career

After college, he worked for the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, before joining the United States Attorney's office as deputy chief in the financial crimes and public corruption unit.^{[2] [3]} Robert Mueller brought Asonye onto the Special Counsel investigation team.^[4] Asonye was the lead attorney of Paul Manafort's Virginia criminal trial.^[5] In 2021, he joined Davis Polk & Wardwell as a member of the firm's white collar team.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-08-13. How Nigerian-American Uzo Asonye tackled Babangida's ex-lobbyist in U.S. court. 2021-09-08. en-GB.
2. News: Homewood-Flossmoor grad leading prosecution in Manafort trial one of many high achieving alumni - Daily Southtown. Donna Vickroy. Chicago Tribune. August 14, 2018. January 10, 2020.
3. News: Betsy Swan. Inside Mueller's New Army. July 11, 2018. January 10, 2020. The Daily Beast.
4. News: Fisher, Marc. Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump. The Washington Post. July 31, 2018. January 10, 2020.
5. Web site: Lynn Sweet. Paul Manafort's prosecutor Uzo Asonye: Grew up in suburban Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times. August 1, 2018. January 10, 2020.
6. Web site: Davis Polk welcomes veteran federal prosecutor Uzo Asonye as white collar partner in DC. 2021-09-08. Davis Polk. October 13, 2020 . en.