Lisa Friel
American lawyer
Lisa M. Friel is a New York City lawyer and prosecutor. She formerly served as chief of the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Career
Friel graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in history, and from University of Virginia School of Law.
She began working for the Manhattan District Attorney's office in 1983, when she was hired by former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau. She became a specialist in sex crimes following her first rape case in 1986. In 1991, she became deputy of the Manhattan DA Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit under Linda Fairstein, and in 2002, she became the unit's chief following Fairstein's retirement. She served as chief of the sex crimes unit for almost ten years before resigning in 2011. Friel appeared in court in the case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, although she was not a member of the investigating team.
Friel also worked for T&M Protection Resources, a corporate security firm, as vice president of a division that investigated and consulted on sexual misconduct cases.
In 2007, Friel and the other bureau chiefs of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Units in the New York County District Attorney's office were honored by the Crime Victims Treatment Center of St.
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