Background
Rient, Peter F. was born on March 17, 1938 in Moscow, United States.S.R.
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Peter F. Rient
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Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1960. Bachelor of Laws, 1963).
Career
Worked at Gainer, Rient and Hotis (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Prevention and Resolution of Criminal Justice Problems Relating to International and National Commercial Activities. Admitted to the bar, 1964, New New York 1981, District of Columbia.
Author: "Principles of Federal Prosecution," United States Department of Justice, 1980.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Frederick van Pelt Bryan, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1963-1964. Assistant United States.
Attorney, 1969-1972 and Chief Appellate Attorney, 1971-1972, United States. Attorney" General’ s Office, Southern District of New New York
Senior Counsel: Federal Criminal Code Reform Project, Criminal Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1972-1973. Office of Legal Policy, United States. Department of Justice, 1981-1988.
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1975.
Legal Advisor, Office of Policy and Planning, United States. Department of Justice, 1975-1976.
Senior Counsel, 1975-1979 and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1979-1981, Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice, United States. Department of Justice.
The firm assists corporate and governmental clients in overcoming criminal justice problems encountered in international and national commercial activities.
In particular, it provides policy guidance, legal advice, strategic planning, and practical assistance to clients facing difficulties involving economic crime or other criminal activity, in the United States or in foreign jurisdictions. Through an affiliated joint venture in Moscow, the firm has a special capacity for addressing crime-related problems in Russia. The primary focus of the firm"s services is upon avoiding or quickly resolving problems posed by criminal activities, rather than on litigation.
