- Paul Siegfried
Paul Siegfried (born
1948 ) is an attorney based inNew York City . [http://www.martindale.com/New-York/New-York/Elder-Law/354-OGO/Paul-D.-Siegfried-firmProfile.html?pq=CE04346697C7FB%7C%7C%7C2%7C50%7C58%7C%7C]Political Life
Paul Siegfried is the former executive director of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary [http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0307/Simons_Spin.html] for Mayors
Abraham Beame ,Ed Koch ,David Dinkins andRudy Giuliani . [http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/98b/pr346-98.html] Siegfried's role was to identify and recommend judicial candidates to serve as judges in New York City. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/acj/html/about/message_chair.shtml]The Politico , a political newspaper, reported in a piece about Giuliani's judicial appointments that Siegfried is a registered Democrat and could have been replaced by Giuliani. The Politico'sBen Smith wrote:"Under Giuliani, the chairman was Paul Curran, a former Republican U.S. Attorney; its executive director was Paul Siegfried, a Democrat who had served in that position under other mayors and whose focus was qualifications, not ideology or judicial philosophy. Again, Giuliani could have replaced Siegfried, as Bloomberg did. He chose not to."
WhenMichael Bloomberg becameMayor of New York , Siegfried resigned to avoid being removed in Bloomberg's purge of staffers associated with Giuliani. [http://www.judicialaccountability.org/articles/newapproach.htm] In an article in the New York Law Journal, Paul Curran, the former head of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, said of Bloomberg's decision to allow Siegfried to resign:"It was a big mistake not to retain Paul Siegfried. ...(Siegfried has) done the job well for a long time, and had built up relations with judges, lawyers and prosecutors who would comment candidly on the qualifications of prospective judges and judges seeking reappointment."
Political Donations
Federal Election Commission disclosures and theCenter for Responsive Politics show that Siegfried donated $2300 to the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee and $2000 to the presidential campaign ofHillary Clinton , Hillary Clinton for President Exploratory Committee. [http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search_hp.asp?txtName=siegfried%2C+paul&NumOfThou=0&txt2008=Y&submit=Go%21] In the2006 election cycle, he gave a total of $4100 to Hillary Clinton's reelection campaign. [http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?key=us3w4&txtName=siegfried,%20paul&txtState=(all%20states)&txt2006=Y&Order=N] In the year2000 , he donated $1000 to Giuliani's Senate campaign. [http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?key=us3w4&txtName=siegfried,%20paul&txtState=(all%20states)&txt2000=Y&Order=N]Family
Married to Wendy Siegfried and has two stepsons, Alexander and Angus Dillon, and one biological son. His son,
Evan Siegfried , is a former press aide for Giuliani's presidential campaign. [http://race4president.blogspot.com/2007/06/rudy-losing-staff.html] [http://opensecrets.org/indivs/search_hp.asp?txtName=siegfried%2C+evan&NumOfThou=0&txt2008=Y&submit=Go%21] [http://www.joinrudy2008.com/]----
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