Death of a Prosecutor

by Evan Slavitt

Overview

Danny Renko is a federal prosecutor of white collar criminals in Boston. When a colleague who is his best friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Danny is drawn into a world far outside his experience as he searches for the truth. Soon, Danny is running for his life when his search rubs the wrong people the wrong way and he fears they have someone on the inside.

His pursuers have guns, numbers and experience. Danny has only his improvisational resourcefulness, a few friends, and the need to see justice done. But will that be enough?

A tense thriller with unforgettable characters, Death of a Prosecutor carries the reader from an insider's view of the prosecutor's office through the neighborhoods of Boston to explore what happens when a quiet man has to find the courage -- and the humor -- to do what has to be done.

Death of a Prosecutor is the first novel of Evan Slavitt, himself a former Assistant United States Attorney and follows in the tradition of John Grisham, Scott Turow, Robert Parker and Martin Cruz Smith.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940033041022
Publisher:	Evan Slavitt
Publication date:	02/06/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	577 KB

About the Author

Evan Slavitt grew up on Cape Cod. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then went on to get a M.A. and B.A. from Yale in Economics. He attended Harvard Law School from 1979 to 1981, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. During law school, Mr. Slavitt taught courses in economics and two semester seminars in industrial organization.

Upon graduation, he then found employment with the United States Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney for its Antitrust Division between 1981 and 1983 working in the Special Regulated Industries Section. Although a junior attorney, Mr. Slavitt prepared witnesses to testify and examined them at trial; drafted motions and interrogatories; took depositions; and wrote legislative and regulatory comments in the fields of banking, securities law, and communications.

From 1983 to 1986, Evan Slavitt served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, litigating over 200 cases in a wide range of areas, from the environment to civil fraud, tort, health regulation, insurance, and eminent domain. In 1986, he was promoted to Deputy Chief of the Civil Division of the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In this capacity, Mr. Slavitt managed 12 attorneys, supervising litigation with an emphasis on environmental fraud and the False Claims Act, which provides penalties for fraud perpetrated by government contractors.

In 1987, Evan Slavitt left the public sector to join the practice of Fine & Ambrogne in Boston as an Associate. He argued and briefed cases before both the state and federal appellate courts; he also handled every aspect of cases involving civil litigation and white-collar crime. With the expertise gained at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Slavitt skillfully gave counsel on real estate development and environmental concerns. In 1990, he accepted a position as a Partner at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, where he continued specializing in environmental law and white-collar criminal defense. He represented clients in grand jury proceedings and conducted internal investigations. He also served as a Partner with Gadsby Hannah, LLP, from 1997 to 2002, and at Bodoff and Slavitt, LLP, from 2003 to 2006.

In 2006, Evan Slavitt became Director at The Colchester Group, LLC, a consulting firm which specializes in counseling businesses on crisis management and resolving internal disputes. The company also provides consultations on complex financial transacti...