Why the 215 People’s Alliance?
Philadelphia sits at a crossroads. On one hand, in recent years the city has begun to see population growth, after decades of decline. We’re also seeing new businesses come in, as well as a growing immigrant community. In the same moment that Philadelphia sees what some believe to be an economic and cultural “renewal,” the […]
Richard Negrin
Resume Philly DA’s Office, 1995-2000 Aramark, 2005-2009 – Aramark is a corporation providing food, uniforms, and facilities to various entities, including prisons and ICE detention centers. Philadelphia Board of Ethics, 2006-2009 Philadelphia Managing Director, 2010-2016 Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, 2016 – Present Notable Events and Controversies Richard Negrin was 13 when his father […]
Tariq El-Shabazz
Resume Philly DA’s Office, 1988-1993, 2016 Notable Events and Controversies Tariq El-Shabazz has a number of controversies swirling around him. The most prominent is $190,712 in federal, state, and city tax lien judgments on file against him in Common Pleas Court. His law firm, El-Shabazz & Harris also went to court six times between 2008 […]
Michael Untermeyer
Resume Philly DA’s Office, 1984-1990 PA Senior Deputy Attorney General, 1990-2001 PA Office of Inspector General, 2003-2004 Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Effort, Volunteer Judge, 2008-2010 William-Michael Associates, 2001 – Present Background, Notable Events, and Controversies Michael Untermeyer is a real estate developer with properties in prime locations all over the city, according to his 2008 […]
Jack O’Neill
Resume Philly DA’s Office, 2007-Present Notable Events and Positions O’Neill began his young career under DA Lynne “Queen of Death” Abraham, and has spent the past 10 years at the DA’s office. Some of his cases include prosecuting a Catholic priest for felony sexual assault. He was on the team investigating child deaths in Philadelphia […]
Teresa Carr Deni
Resume Municipal Judge, 1995-2016 Policy Positions and Controversies In 2007, as a municipal court judge, Deni dismissed sexual assault charges against a man who let friends rape a sex worker. She downgraded the charges to theft of services, saying she considered the case a robbery. When pressed, she defended her position, saying the case “minimizes […]
Larry Krasner
Resume Defense Attorney, 1993-Present Notable Events & Controversies Krasner defended Black activist Askia Sabur, who was acquitted in 2013 of all charges of assault against a police officer. He defended 10 people charged with and acquitted of disorderly conduct in 2015 for protesting a town hall meeting with DA Seth Williams and Police Commissioner Charles […]
Joe Khan
Resume Philly DA’s Office, 2000-2006 Assistant US Attorney, 2006-2016 Background and Policy Positions From 2000 to 2006, Joe Khan was assistant DA under Philly’s “Deadliest DA,” Lynne Abraham. According to a Harvard report, Abraham didn’t try many death cases herself, but had her ADAs do it for her. Abraham was DA from 1991-2010, and oversaw […]