Capital Law School Alumnus Paul McNulty Prosecutor in Terrorism Cases

Feb. 8, 2002

One of Capital University Law School's own alumni is on the front lines of prosecuting terrorist acts. U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty, a 1983 graduate of Capital Law School, is overseeing the prosecutions of alleged Taliban member John Walker Lindh and Zacarias Moussaoui, the first person to face U.S. criminal charges in the September 11th terrorist attacks. 

McNulty has more than 16 years of government experience. He served as chief counsel to the House Subcommittee on Crime during the time the subcommittee was conducting hearings on the federal raid at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. He was chief counsel to House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX). McNulty also has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as chief spokesman under President George H.W. Bush. Last year, he headed the current President Bush's transition team and prepared Senator John Ashcroft for his Senate confirmation hearings as nominee for Attorney General. 

McNulty, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Whitehall, PA, graduated from Grove City College in 1980. He then went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School in 1983. On September 13, 2001, he was confirmed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.