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Preet Bharara to deliver 2018 College of Law Commencement address

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Called the “Sheriff of Wall Street,” Bharara prosecuted white-collar crimes in his time as a United States Attorney.

Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, will deliver Syracuse University’s College of Law’s 2018 Commencement address, SU announced on Monday.

Bharara worked against public corruption in New York City and prosecuted crimes on Wall Street, according to an SU News release. He was nicknamed the “Sheriff of Wall Street,” according to the release. He prosecuted almost 100 Wall Street executives from 2009 to 2017.

He was also listed as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. He hosts his own podcast, “Stay Tuned with Preet.”

The commencement will be on May 11 in the Carrier Dome at 11 a.m.

“Now more than ever, our nation, founded on and nurtured by the rule of law, requires lawyers and public servants who understand and respect our laws and who are willing to uphold them when confronted by corruption, injustice and impunity,” Bharara said in the release.



He was hired as a U.S. attorney under former President Barack Obama. Bharara was fired by President Donald Trump after refusing to resign, according to The New York Times.

United States Circuit Judge James Graves Jr. spoke at the 2017 College of Law Commencement, and former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the 2016 Commencement.





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