John Pfaff was quoted in Cleveland.com about recently installed U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman restructuring the office’s civil rights unit to establish a new division that will focus on prosecuting violent crime.
There is “some symbolic value into how you decide to break your lawyers up,” said John Pfaff, a professor at Fordham University School of Law that specializes in criminal law. “I think it is very much a reflection of the priorities of this administration.”