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In April 2008, the Foundation
for Defense of Democracy named Professor Snyder an Academic
Fellow for 2008-2009. Mr. Snyder was the 2004-2005 Fellow in Government Law and
Policy at the Albany Law Schools Government Law Center. A
career federal prosecutor prior to joining the Government
Law Center, Mr. Snyder served over 13 years as an Assistant
United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Western District of
Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Prior to
receiving his law degree, Mr. Snyder served as an Assistant
to the Attorney General of the United States and was Deputy
Administrative Assistant to Pennsylvania Governor Dick
Thornburgh.
As an AUSA, Mr.
Snyder initiated prosecution of the largest felony case in
the history of the Western District of Pennsylvania while
assigned as legal counsel to the Greater Pittsburgh Violent
Crimes/ Gang Task Force. In addition, he participated in
intelligence investigations and drafted emergency plans
while assigned to that district's Joint Terrorism Task Force
and the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council. He served as the
district's Crisis Response Manager.
Mr. Snyder received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum
laude in political science with a concentration in
international relations from Yale College of Yale
University. He received his Juris Doctor degree magna cum
laude from Cornell Law School where he served on the
Cornell Law Review and was elected to the Order of the
Coif.
Since 2005, Mr. Snyder taught National Security Law,
Current Legal
Issues in Government and Fact Investigation as an Adjunct
Professor at
Albany Law School.
In 2006 and 2007 he taught
Prosecuting
Terrorists in Article III Courts at the Institute for
National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse
University. He
has also lectured on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations (RICO) Act following his service on the
Greater Pittsburgh Violent Crime and Gang Task Force that
resulted in a ground-breaking racketeering prosecution.
Mr. Snyder is a member of the Bar of the
United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States District Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania. He is also a member
of the International Bar Association. |