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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Ind. Law - More on: Clark County attorney works for State Department as a contract lawyer

Updating yesterday's story, today Ben Zion Hershberg and Rick Rojas of the Louisville Courier Journal report:

After two years of working in Sudan and Afghanistan -- helping to develop the legal systems there for the U.S. State Department -- Jeremy Mull is home and is returning to the Clark County prosecutor's office as the chief deputy prosecutor.

Mull, 34, will begin in July, replacing Bill Grimes, who retired at the end of May.

Since then, former Clark Circuit Judge Daniel Donahue, who also is a former prosecutor, has been filling in as chief deputy but is expected to leave early next month.

"I believe being a prosecutor is one of the most fulfilling jobs out there," Mull said yesterday, adding that he leaped at the opportunity when he learned that Grimes was retiring.

He said his time abroad provided him with a chance to see other cultures and how their legal systems work to uphold the law.

"I think that there are challenges wherever you are to maintain law and order," Mull said. "The methods may be different, but the goal is the same."

The time came where he decided he needed to be back in Clark County, closer to his family. He said he had kept in touch with Clark County Prosecutor Steve Stewart and Grimes, and he learned of the opening that way.

Stewart said that when it came to considering Mull for the position, he knew him very well -- they had worked together for eight years.

"I know he's committed to doing what is right and seeking justice," Stewart said.

Mull worked as Stewart's deputy prosecutor, handling hundreds of drug cases a year from 1999 to 2006, when he took a leave to work in Sudan. He was employed by a contractor for the State Department, which assigned him to work for the United Nations Police Commissioner.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 10, 2008 08:44 AM
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