Ice Miller partner Tim Belevetz was quoted in The Washington Post article, "Justice Dept. attacks judge after prosecutors’ stumbles in Comey case."

The article included:

An ensuing publicity blitz from interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan and a Justice Department spokesman shored up support for the embattled prosecution from conservative media. But the strategy could antagonize U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff at a critical time, as the judge weighs whether Comey is the target of a vindictive prosecution orchestrated by government officials acting outside ethical lines.

“What happens when you allege that the judge is personally attacking you? ... You’re at risk of poking the bear,” said Tim Belevetz, a former prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia who supervised fraud and public corruption cases. “The best practice, frankly, is to attack your opponent’s position, and not even attack your opponent personally, but attack their position.”

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