Robert J. Cleary is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on September 30, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Cleary was sworn into office as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey in November 1999. His predecessor Faith S. Hochberg had been appointed federal judge to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. This position he held until January 17, 2002 when Christopher J. Christie succeeded him. He was later appointed Acting United States Attorney, Southern District of Illinois. Miriam Miquelon, the nominee, waited confirmation.
In February 2006, in the wake of a police investigation codenamed Operation Slapshot, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL had retained Cleary to conduct its own investigation into the involvement of Rick Tocchet, an assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes, in an illegal bookmaking ring. After reviewing Cleary’s report, Bettman announced in November 2007 that Tocchet would be reinstated in the NHL the following February.
Cleary was named the lead prosecutor in 1996’s Unabomber case. United States v. Theodore J. Kaczynski. Kaczynski was accused of sending a series letter bombs that killed three people and injured 23 others between 1978 and 1995. Kaczynski was found guilty and is currently serving a life sentence with no parole.
Cleary was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 1994. He eventually became Chief of the Major Crimes Unit. He was the first assistant United States Attorney for New Jersey from 1994 to 1999.
In June 2002, Cleary joined the New York City law firm Proskauer Rose as partner.
