John Morton ’94 is the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He leads the principal investigative component of the Department of Homeland Security and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government, with more than 19,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $5 billion. Morton came to ICE with an extensive background in federal law enforcement and immigration law and policy. He began his federal service in 1994 and has held a variety of positions within the Department of Justice, including as a trial attorney and special assistant to the general counsel in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service and as counsel to the deputy attorney general. From 1999 to 2006, Morton prosecuted criminal cases as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. From 2006 to mid2009, Mr. Morton served in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
Janet Napolitano ’83 is Secretary of Homeland Security. Prior to becoming Secretary, Napolitano was in her second term as Governor of Arizona and was recognized as a national leader on homeland security, border security and immigration. She was the first woman to chair the National Governors Association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by Time magazine. Napolitano was also the first female Attorney General of Arizona and served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
Peter Vincent ’95 is the principal legal advisor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this position, he oversees the largest legal program in DHS. In July 2002, Vincent joined the former Immigration and Naturalization Service and, later, ICE where he served on the National Security Litigation Team in the San Francisco Office of the Chief Counsel. In addition, Mr. Vincent advised the Joint Terrorism Task Force in San Francisco on issues relating to counterterrorism and foreign counter-intelligence. In November 2006, Vincent was appointed to serve as the U.S. Department of Justice’s assistant judicial attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. In December 2008, he was promoted to judicial attaché. During his tenure at the U.S. Embassy, he coordinated nearly 500 extraditions to the United States.
UVA Lawyer • Spring • 2010
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