{"id":524976,"date":"2022-12-10T22:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T19:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/top-staffers-leaving-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-office\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T22:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T19:50:06","slug":"top-staffers-leaving-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-staffers-leaving-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-office\/","title":{"rendered":"#Top staffers leaving Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d506e5da1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d506e5da1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-staffers-leaving-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-office\/#%E2%80%9CTop_staffers_leaving_Manhattan_DA_Alvin_Braggs_office%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Top staffers leaving Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTop_staffers_leaving_Manhattan_DA_Alvin_Braggs_office%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Top staffers leaving Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>One of Alvin Bragg\u2019s handpicked top deputies is calling it quits and fleeing the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s office and its soft-on-crime policies.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Smith, the former acting Nassau County DA whom Bragg recruited as part of his executive team after he took office in January 2022, will be gone by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was initially named trial division chief and had been heading a revamped special victims division since June.<\/p>\n<p>She submitted her resignation in early November, according to a source. She is going to work for Queens DA Melinda Katz, where she began her career as an assistant district attorney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoyce was a real prosecutor who wanted to uphold the responsibilities of a DA, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently that doesn\u2019t work here anymore,\u201d a fed-up insider said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/joyce-smith.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A picture of Joyce Smith.\" class=\"wp-image-24969718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/joyce-smith.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/joyce-smith.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/joyce-smith.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joyce Smith, whom Bragg recruited as part of his executive team after he took office in January 2022, will be gone by the end of the month.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Nassau DA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some long-time prosecutors have also left. Michele Bayer, the deputy chief of the trial division and 19-year veteran, has departed for the state Inspector <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Goldberg, chief of litigation support who had been with the office since 2009, took a job with the US Department of Justice, according to her LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>Other defectors include two chiefs of special litigation, Patricia Bailey and Maureen O\u2019Connor. Both left in May, Bragg\u2019s office confirmed. They were among some 65 ADAs who left in the first half of 2022, an exodus partially blamed on onerous state criminal justice reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The office\u2019s human resources director also quit, leaving in October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/michele-bayer.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Michele Bayer.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/michele-bayer.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/michele-bayer.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/michele-bayer.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/michele-bayer.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/michele-bayer.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Michele Bayer, the deputy chief of the trial division and 19-year veteran, also left.                               <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/shannon-goldberg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"A picture of Shannon Goldberg.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/shannon-goldberg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/shannon-goldberg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/shannon-goldberg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/shannon-goldberg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/shannon-goldberg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Shannon Goldberg, chief of litigation support since 2009, took a job with the US Department of Justice, according to her LinkedIn profile.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">linkedin<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/alvin-bragg-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A picture of Alvin Bragg.\" class=\"wp-image-24969736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/alvin-bragg-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/alvin-bragg-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/alvin-bragg-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>At least nine lawyers quit in the first two weeks after Bragg took office in January, according to reports.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt certainly will create a lot of brain drain in the place. These are not small-time players in the office,\u201d said defense attorney Mark Bederow, a former prosecutor in the office.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine lawyers quit in the first two weeks after Bragg took office in January, The Post has reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg issued a \u201cDay One\u201d memo outlining his progressive policies, including downgrading some felonies to misdemeanors and not seeking prison sentences for many offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Smith did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Manhattan DA\u2019s office continues to attract the best and the brightest. Under D.A. Bragg we have a higher number of prosecutors than the office did this time last year,\u201d said spokeswoman Danielle Filson.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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