Suneeta Hazra is a partner at Arnold & Porter and based out of their Denver, Colorado office. As a former Chief of the Criminal Division for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, Suneeta brings nearly two decades of experience to counsel both individual and corporate clients on internal and government investigations, cybersecurity matters, and environmental enforcement actions. Suneeta regularly represents clients before the DOJ and the SEC.
In Episode 9, Suneeta discusses the transition to private practice and key takeaways from her time as a federal prosecutor. And key to that discussion is her prosecution of Harold Henthorn, who was found guilty of murdering his (second) wife by pushing her off a cliff in a national park. Henthorn is suspected of also murdering his first wife years prior, though he was never charged or convicted of that crime. Listen in to learn more about the intricacies of trying a federal murder trial, particularly with unusual facts! For those of you who do not know about the Henthorn case, it is truly the stuff that Dateline is made of… more can be found here: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/black-widower-how-one-man-allegedly-murdered-two-wives-199999/.
You can watch Episode 9 via the YouTube link below, or listen to it on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/athena-rising-the-power-of-the-female-lawyer-collective/id1679384822.
Excellent episode