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June 20, 2013

Chicago's next prosecutor to be more of an insider

BY: AP Staff Writer JANUARY 1, 2013 | MODIFIED: JANUARY 1, 2013 AT 2:16 PM
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Photo - FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2006 file photo in Chicago, Ill., former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald speaks at a news conference. Fitzgerald, who recently resigned after 11 years as head of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago to enter private practice, made a name for himself as one of the most tenacious and successful federal prosecutors in recent history by putting two former Illinois governors and dozens of their cronies behind bars. White House officials will name a replacement to Fitzgerald in the next several weeks from a list of four finalists for what is arguably Chicago's second most powerful job, next only to Rahm Emanuel's job as mayor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2006 file photo in Chicago, Ill., former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald speaks at a news conference. Fitzgerald, who recently resigned after 11 years as head of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago to enter private practice, made a name for himself as one of the most tenacious and successful federal prosecutors in recent history by putting two former Illinois governors and dozens of their cronies behind bars. White House officials will name a replacement to Fitzgerald in the next several weeks from a list of four finalists for what is arguably Chicago's second most powerful job, next only to Rahm Emanuel's job as mayor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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CHICAGO (AP) — The White House is expected to name a new U.S. attorney for Chicago soon from among four finalists. Whoever it is will be an insider compared to the man he or she will replace, Patrick Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald arrived in Chicago from New York in 2001 as the consummate outsider. The thinking was he'd be more willing to go after Illinois politicians because he had no ties to them.

It seemed to work. By the time he resigned to enter private practice, he'd put two governors and a procession of other officials behind bars.

The finalists are Lori Lightfoot, Zachary Fardon, Jonathan Bunge and Gil Soffer. All four are currently partners in big-name Chicago law offices and all spent at least several years of their legal careers in the city.

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