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Michael Sullivan (U.S. attorney)

January 01, 1970

Michael J. Sullivan (born October 3, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (2001–2009) and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (2006–2009). His work as U.S. Attorney largely focused on national security and health-care fraud. A native of the Holbrook–Abington region, Sullivan served earlier in his career as the Plymouth County District Attorney, and as a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Michael J. Sullivan
Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
In office
September 2006 – January 20, 2009
Appointed byAlberto Gonzales
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byCarl Truscott
Edgar A. Domenech (acting)
Succeeded byRonald "Ronnie" A. Carter (acting)
Kenneth E. Melson (acting)
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
September 19, 2001 – April 17, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byDonald Stern
Succeeded byCarmen Ortiz
District Attorney of Plymouth County
In office
June 1995 – September 2001
Preceded byWilliam O'Malley
Succeeded byTimothy Cruz
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 7th Plymouth district
In office
January 1991 – June 1995
Preceded byEmmet Hayes
Succeeded byRonald Whitney
Personal details
Born (1954-10-03) October 3, 1954 (age 69)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materBoston College
Suffolk University

Early life and career edit

Sullivan was born October 3, 1954, the second of seven children, and grew up in Holbrook, Massachusetts.[1][2] He attended Boston College High School and Boston College, and went onto Suffolk University Law School. He worked with the Gillette Company from 1973 to 1989 before moving into private law, becoming partner at McGovern & Sullivan in the early 1990s.[3]

Representing the town of Abington, he was elected as a Republican state representative in 1990. He was voted "Legislator of the Year" by the Massachusetts Municipal Organization in 1994.[3] Among his initiatives was a budget amendment to have the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority charge municipalities for sewage management by volume instead of population, which moved much of the cost burden away from outlying towns and toward Boston. The amendment was adopted by the House but reversed the following day under pressure from Democratic leaders.[4] He stepped down in 1995 after being named District Attorney for Plymouth County.[3] He took early steps to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Ted Kennedy in 2000, but retracted before declaring an official candidacy.[5]

Tenure as U.S. Attorney edit

 
Sullivan (second from left) is recognized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2003 as part of the Boston Gun Violence Reduction Program.[6]

Sullivan was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts by President George W. Bush on September 14, 2001, in the wake of the September 11 attacks. His early work revolved around the terrorist attacks, which were launched from Boston's Logan Airport.[5] Sullivan was the prosecutor in the 2001–2002 criminal trial of Richard Reid, widely known as the "Shoe Bomber".[7][8]

He prosecuted airport workers arrested at Logan Airport as part of "Operation Tarmac" accused of lying about their nationality on job applications. According to the Boston Phoenix, "every US attorney prosecuting Operation Tarmac cases [...] either reduced or dropped the charges" except for Sullivan, who wrote, "Ignoring the alleged criminal activity of illegal immigrants sends the wrong message to the rest of the world."[9]

Within a few weeks of taking office, Sullivan organized a health-care fraud unit in his district and nearly tripled the number of prosecutors assigned to medical cases, prosecuting companies such as TAP Pharmaceuticals as well as smaller facilities and individual providers. He said: "You couldn't ignore this, even in light of 9/11."[5]

He spoke before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security in support of the USA PATRIOT Act in May 2005, urging Congress to make the act's surveillance provisions permanent.[10]

Sullivan presented charges, in Boston, on November 23, 2005, against Abdullah Khadr, an Egyptian from Canada who is alleged to have sold arms to the Taliban.[11][12][13]

In February 2009, following the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Sullivan announced his intention to resign his position, following the customary practice of U.S. Attorneys, who typically do not retain their posts in a new administrations.[3]

Tenure as ATF Director edit

In 2006, Sullivan was made Acting Director of the ATF by President George W. Bush.[3] The position had been made subject to the Senate confirmation process and Sullivan was the first nominee to be sent to the Senate. Bush nominated Sullivan to be permanent director in 2007, but the nomination was blocked by a Senate hold placed by Senators David Vitter (R-Louisiana), Michael Crapo (R-Idaho) and Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho). They expressed their concern that the ATF is hostile to small gun dealers, pursuing them overzealously for small paperwork infractions and driving law-abiding small retailers out of business. They said that Sullivan was indifferent to their concerns and "exhibits a lack of willingness to address these problems."[14]

Sullivan has been criticized frequently by one such affected gun dealer, Ryan Horsley of Red’s Trading Post, Twin Falls, Idaho, Idaho's oldest gun dealership.[14] Horsley says that the ATF has a long track record of abusive behavior and Sullivan, as Acting Director, continued to defend the ATF's abusive actions without any indication of making changes.[15]

Sullivan was a keynote speaker and special guest at the 2007 Great Lakes Summit on Gun Violence conference.[16] This conference was organized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and funded by a $375,000 grant from the Joyce Foundation.[17] The report of the conference was titled "Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities" and called for the passage of several gun bans and gun control measures.[16] The National Rifle Association of America has criticized the IACP report, calling it "a rubber stamp, bought and paid for, of the pre-existing agenda for gun ban groups." The report was produced with assistance from the Joyce Foundation's Communications Director and with contributions from gun control advocates such as Kristen Rand and Tom Diaz of the Violence Policy Center. The NRA has called the Joyce Foundation an activist foundation whose "shadowy web of huge donations" leads "straight to puppet strings that control the agenda of gun ban groups".[18]

Sullivan's confirmation was opposed by gun rights groups such as the Gun Owners of America,[19] Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms[20] and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.[21] The NRA did not categorically state its opposition to the confirmation of Mr. Sullivan but expressed its concern over the ATF's "overly restrictive legal interpretations" and "overly zealous enforcement activities".[22]

Sullivan resigned as Acting Director effective January 20, 2009 to make way for incoming President Barack Obama to name his own nominee.[23]

U.S. Senate election, 2013 edit

Sullivan announced on February 14, that he would collect signatures to run for the Republican nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed John Kerry as U.S. Senator.[24] He relied on volunteers rather than paid organizations to gather signatures. On February 27, he announced that he had gathered the requisite 10,000 signatures to appear on the primary ballot. He faced state Representative Dan Winslow and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the April 30 primary.[25] Sullivan was defeated in the primary by Gabriel E. Gomez who garnered 93,632, or 51% of the votes. Sullivan, gathered 66,164 votes, or 36%, whereas state Representative Dan Winslow, collected 24,057, or 13% of the votes, with 99 percent of precincts reporting shortly before 11:30 pm, on April 30, 2013.[26] Sullivan later endorsed Gomez.[27]

Personal life edit

Sullivan's residence is in Abington. He and his wife Terry have four children.[3] He has been partner at The Ashcroft Group since 2009.[28] His daughter Alyson Sullivan represents the 7th Plymouth District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Sullivan is the Chairman of the Board of HarborOne Bank the largest state-chartered co-operative bank in New England.[29]

References edit

  1. ^ Rubin, Ben (December 10, 2007). "Michael Sullivan: Friends, neighbors reflect on rise to national prominence". The MetroWest Daily News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013.
  2. ^ 1991-1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kelly, John P. (February 12, 2009). "U.S. attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington will not stay on the job". Patriot Ledger.
  4. ^ Fehrnstrom, Eric (May 28, 1993). "Reps reverse vote on MWRA". Boston Herald.
  5. ^ a b c Simons, John (October 27, 2003). "Why Do Drug Companies Fear This Man? Maybe because he's declared all-out war on cheats in the drug industry". Fortune.
  6. ^ "Boston Gun Violence Reduction Program Recognized As National Model". Drug Enforcement Administration. February 28, 2003.
  7. ^ Belluck, Pam; Chang, Kenneth (December 29, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE INVESTIGATION". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Accused 'shoe bomber' intends to plead guilty". CNN. October 2, 2002.
  9. ^ . Boston Phoenix. 2002-05-09. Archived from the original on 2004-12-20.
  10. ^ "Statement concerning the surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act (§§ 201, 202, and 223)" (PDF). United States House Committee on the Judiciary. May 3, 2005. (PDF) from the original on April 22, 2009.
  11. ^ Boston judge issued warrant for Abdullah Khadr 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine, Vancouver Sun, December 20, 2005
  12. ^ Eldest son of family linked to terrorism arrested in Toronto, Boston Globe, December 18, 2005
  13. ^ Court papers: Suspect confessed to weapons buys for al-Qaida, Boston Globe, December 19, 2005
  14. ^ a b Richard B. Schmitt (2008-02-25). . Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  15. ^ . 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
  16. ^ a b (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  17. ^ The Joyce Foundation 2009-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Cox, Chris (December 2007). . American Rifleman. Vol. 155, no. 12. National Rifle Association of America. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  19. ^ "Senate Close To Confirming A Ted Kennedy-style Liberal To BATFE". Gun Owners of America. from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  20. ^ . CCRKBA. Archived from the original on 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  21. ^ Aaron Zelman, Executive Director. "An Open Letter to the People of America". Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  22. ^ Chris W. Cox (2007-12-27). (PDF). pdf. National Rifle Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  23. ^ . The Associated Press, via WHDH. 2009-01-13. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  24. ^ Chabot, Hillary. "Former U.S. Attorney Sullivan gathering signatures for Senate run". Boston Herald. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  25. ^ "Sullivan: I'll be on Mass. US Senate ballot". boston.com. February 27, 2013.
  26. ^ "Gabriel E. Gomez wins GOP nod in special US Senate primary; Edward J. Markey to run for the Democrats". boston.com. April 30, 2013.
  27. ^ . Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  29. ^ "Directors and Exec Team - HarborOne Bank". www.harborone.com. Retrieved 2023-04-27.

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Michael J Sullivan born October 3 1954 is an American lawyer and politician who served as U S Attorney for the District of Massachusetts 2001 2009 and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives 2006 2009 His work as U S Attorney largely focused on national security and health care fraud A native of the Holbrook Abington region Sullivan served earlier in his career as the Plymouth County District Attorney and as a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Michael J SullivanActing Director of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and ExplosivesIn office September 2006 January 20 2009Appointed byAlberto GonzalesPresidentGeorge W BushPreceded byCarl TruscottEdgar A Domenech acting Succeeded byRonald Ronnie A Carter acting Kenneth E Melson acting United States Attorney for the District of MassachusettsIn office September 19 2001 April 17 2009PresidentGeorge W BushBarack ObamaPreceded byDonald SternSucceeded byCarmen OrtizDistrict Attorney of Plymouth CountyIn office June 1995 September 2001Preceded byWilliam O MalleySucceeded byTimothy CruzMember of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 7th Plymouth districtIn office January 1991 June 1995Preceded byEmmet HayesSucceeded byRonald WhitneyPersonal detailsBorn 1954 10 03 October 3 1954 age 69 Boston Massachusetts U S Political partyRepublicanAlma materBoston CollegeSuffolk University Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Tenure as U S Attorney 3 Tenure as ATF Director 4 U S Senate election 2013 5 Personal life 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and career editSullivan was born October 3 1954 the second of seven children and grew up in Holbrook Massachusetts 1 2 He attended Boston College High School and Boston College and went onto Suffolk University Law School He worked with the Gillette Company from 1973 to 1989 before moving into private law becoming partner at McGovern amp Sullivan in the early 1990s 3 Representing the town of Abington he was elected as a Republican state representative in 1990 He was voted Legislator of the Year by the Massachusetts Municipal Organization in 1994 3 Among his initiatives was a budget amendment to have the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority charge municipalities for sewage management by volume instead of population which moved much of the cost burden away from outlying towns and toward Boston The amendment was adopted by the House but reversed the following day under pressure from Democratic leaders 4 He stepped down in 1995 after being named District Attorney for Plymouth County 3 He took early steps to run for the U S Senate against incumbent Ted Kennedy in 2000 but retracted before declaring an official candidacy 5 Tenure as U S Attorney edit nbsp Sullivan second from left is recognized by the U S Drug Enforcement Administration in 2003 as part of the Boston Gun Violence Reduction Program 6 Sullivan was appointed U S Attorney for the District of Massachusetts by President George W Bush on September 14 2001 in the wake of the September 11 attacks His early work revolved around the terrorist attacks which were launched from Boston s Logan Airport 5 Sullivan was the prosecutor in the 2001 2002 criminal trial of Richard Reid widely known as the Shoe Bomber 7 8 He prosecuted airport workers arrested at Logan Airport as part of Operation Tarmac accused of lying about their nationality on job applications According to the Boston Phoenix every US attorney prosecuting Operation Tarmac cases either reduced or dropped the charges except for Sullivan who wrote Ignoring the alleged criminal activity of illegal immigrants sends the wrong message to the rest of the world 9 Within a few weeks of taking office Sullivan organized a health care fraud unit in his district and nearly tripled the number of prosecutors assigned to medical cases prosecuting companies such as TAP Pharmaceuticals as well as smaller facilities and individual providers He said You couldn t ignore this even in light of 9 11 5 He spoke before the U S House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime Terrorism and Homeland Security in support of the USA PATRIOT Act in May 2005 urging Congress to make the act s surveillance provisions permanent 10 Sullivan presented charges in Boston on November 23 2005 against Abdullah Khadr an Egyptian from Canada who is alleged to have sold arms to the Taliban 11 12 13 In February 2009 following the inauguration of President Barack Obama Sullivan announced his intention to resign his position following the customary practice of U S Attorneys who typically do not retain their posts in a new administrations 3 Tenure as ATF Director editIn 2006 Sullivan was made Acting Director of the ATF by President George W Bush 3 The position had been made subject to the Senate confirmation process and Sullivan was the first nominee to be sent to the Senate Bush nominated Sullivan to be permanent director in 2007 but the nomination was blocked by a Senate hold placed by Senators David Vitter R Louisiana Michael Crapo R Idaho and Larry E Craig R Idaho They expressed their concern that the ATF is hostile to small gun dealers pursuing them overzealously for small paperwork infractions and driving law abiding small retailers out of business They said that Sullivan was indifferent to their concerns and exhibits a lack of willingness to address these problems 14 Sullivan has been criticized frequently by one such affected gun dealer Ryan Horsley of Red s Trading Post Twin Falls Idaho Idaho s oldest gun dealership 14 Horsley says that the ATF has a long track record of abusive behavior and Sullivan as Acting Director continued to defend the ATF s abusive actions without any indication of making changes 15 Sullivan was a keynote speaker and special guest at the 2007 Great Lakes Summit on Gun Violence conference 16 This conference was organized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and funded by a 375 000 grant from the Joyce Foundation 17 The report of the conference was titled Taking a Stand Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities and called for the passage of several gun bans and gun control measures 16 The National Rifle Association of America has criticized the IACP report calling it a rubber stamp bought and paid for of the pre existing agenda for gun ban groups The report was produced with assistance from the Joyce Foundation s Communications Director and with contributions from gun control advocates such as Kristen Rand and Tom Diaz of the Violence Policy Center The NRA has called the Joyce Foundation an activist foundation whose shadowy web of huge donations leads straight to puppet strings that control the agenda of gun ban groups 18 Sullivan s confirmation was opposed by gun rights groups such as the Gun Owners of America 19 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms 20 and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership 21 The NRA did not categorically state its opposition to the confirmation of Mr Sullivan but expressed its concern over the ATF s overly restrictive legal interpretations and overly zealous enforcement activities 22 Sullivan resigned as Acting Director effective January 20 2009 to make way for incoming President Barack Obama to name his own nominee 23 U S Senate election 2013 editSullivan announced on February 14 that he would collect signatures to run for the Republican nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed John Kerry as U S Senator 24 He relied on volunteers rather than paid organizations to gather signatures On February 27 he announced that he had gathered the requisite 10 000 signatures to appear on the primary ballot He faced state Representative Dan Winslow and former U S Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the April 30 primary 25 Sullivan was defeated in the primary by Gabriel E Gomez who garnered 93 632 or 51 of the votes Sullivan gathered 66 164 votes or 36 whereas state Representative Dan Winslow collected 24 057 or 13 of the votes with 99 percent of precincts reporting shortly before 11 30 pm on April 30 2013 26 Sullivan later endorsed Gomez 27 Personal life editSullivan s residence is in Abington He and his wife Terry have four children 3 He has been partner at The Ashcroft Group since 2009 28 His daughter Alyson Sullivan represents the 7th Plymouth District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Sullivan is the Chairman of the Board of HarborOne Bank the largest state chartered co operative bank in New England 29 References edit Rubin Ben December 10 2007 Michael Sullivan Friends neighbors reflect on rise to national prominence The MetroWest Daily News Archived from the original on April 11 2013 1991 1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a b c d e f Kelly John P February 12 2009 U S attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington will not stay on the job Patriot Ledger Fehrnstrom Eric May 28 1993 Reps reverse vote on MWRA Boston Herald a b c Simons John October 27 2003 Why Do Drug Companies Fear This Man Maybe because he s declared all out war on cheats in the drug industry Fortune Boston Gun Violence Reduction Program Recognized As National Model Drug Enforcement Administration February 28 2003 Belluck Pam Chang Kenneth December 29 2001 A NATION CHALLENGED THE INVESTIGATION The New York Times Accused shoe bomber intends to plead guilty CNN October 2 2002 Prosecutorial abuse US Attorney Michael Sullivan should drop the charges against the Logan 19 Boston Phoenix 2002 05 09 Archived from the original on 2004 12 20 Statement concerning the surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act 201 202 and 223 PDF United States House Committee on the Judiciary May 3 2005 Archived PDF from the original on April 22 2009 Boston judge issued warrant for Abdullah Khadr Archived 2012 11 06 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Sun December 20 2005 Eldest son of family linked to terrorism arrested in Toronto Boston Globe December 18 2005 Court papers Suspect confessed to weapons buys for al Qaida Boston Globe December 19 2005 a b Richard B Schmitt 2008 02 25 ATF nominee in the crossfire Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 2008 05 24 Retrieved 2008 03 01 Senator Vitter continues to keep a hold on ATF Director Nominee 2008 02 14 Archived from the original on 2008 02 21 Retrieved 2008 03 02 a b Taking a Stand Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2008 10 29 Retrieved 2008 03 03 The Joyce Foundation Archived 2009 09 21 at the Wayback Machine Cox Chris December 2007 Follow the Money American Rifleman Vol 155 no 12 National Rifle Association of America Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved 2007 12 04 Senate Close To Confirming A Ted Kennedy style Liberal To BATFE Gun Owners of America Archived from the original on 2007 12 13 Retrieved 2008 03 03 CCRKBA urges Senate to withhold Sullivan confirmation at BATFE CCRKBA Archived from the original on 2008 02 16 Retrieved 2008 03 03 Aaron Zelman Executive Director An Open Letter to the People of America Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Retrieved 2008 03 03 Chris W Cox 2007 12 27 Letter PDF pdf National Rifle Association of America Archived from the original PDF on 2008 10 29 Retrieved 2008 03 03 Sullivan resigns from post as acting ATF director The Associated Press via WHDH 2009 01 13 Archived from the original on 2011 08 16 Retrieved 2020 02 16 Chabot Hillary Former U S Attorney Sullivan gathering signatures for Senate run Boston Herald Retrieved 15 February 2013 Sullivan I ll be on Mass US Senate ballot boston com February 27 2013 Gabriel E Gomez wins GOP nod in special US Senate primary Edward J Markey to run for the Democrats boston com April 30 2013 FORMER PROSECUTOR REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE MIKE SULLIVAN ENDORSES GOMEZ Gabriel Gomez for U S Senate Archived from the original on 2014 01 09 Retrieved 2013 05 07 Michael Sullivan the Ashcroft Group Archived from the original on 2013 03 03 Retrieved 2013 02 16 Directors and Exec Team HarborOne Bank www harborone com Retrieved 2023 04 27 External links edit Animal crackers US Attorney Michael Sullivan should have fortified his own glass house before casting stones at Tom Finneran Boston Phoenix June 17 2005 Michael Sullivan on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Sullivan U S attorney amp oldid 1171800811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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