Julie R. O'Sullivan (born 1959) has been a professor at the

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since joining the faculty in November 1994 from her position in the Office of Independent Counsel (

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), where she worked on the "

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" investigation. She served as an assistant

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in the Criminal Division of the

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of the

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. In addition, O'Sullivan was a litigation associate with

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and served as clerk to Levin H. Campbell of the

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and to Justice

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of the

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. She is a graduate of

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and

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