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			John Vazquez First Assistant Attorney General

	John Vazquez was appointed First Assistant Attorney General on July 2, 2007 after serving eight months as a special assistant to the Attorney General on criminal justice matters.

	Vazquez, 37, was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey for five years, specializing in investigating and prosecuting health care and Medicare fraud. He also specialized in the investigation and prosecution of securities fraud cases. He also worked in the terrorism unit and major narcotics unit of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark.

	As a special assistant to former Attorney General Stuart Rabner, Vazquez worked closely with Criminal Justice Division Director Gregory A. Paw on investigations and prosecutions into political corruption, Medicaid fraud, securities fraud and other white collar offenses.

	Vazquez received a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Rutgers College in 1992, and graduated summa cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1996. He clerked for Judge Herman D. Michaels, the presiding judge of the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division, from September 1996 to August 1997, and was an associate in the law offices of Michael Critchley & Associates in West Orange from September 1997 until September 2001. Vazquez lives in Boonton with his wife and two children.

	As the number two person in the Department of Law and Public Safety, the first assistant attorney general coordinates policies, operations and investigations in the 9,500-person department. The first assistant also oversees day-to-day operations of the divisions within the department, including the Divisions of Criminal Justice, Law, State Police, Consumer Affairs, Civil Rights, Elections, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Highway Traffic Safety, Gaming Enforcement, the Juvenile Justice Commission, and the Racing Commission.

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