Zech Chafee Retires From U.S. Attorney’s Office After 33 Years
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Zech Chafee Retires From U.S. Attorney’s Office After 33 Years
Chafee worked on nearly every type of federal case during his tenure.
He is the oldest child of the late Governor and U.S. Senator John Chafee and his wife Virginia.
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"Very Best of the Profession"
U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Zach Cunha told GoLocal about Chafee’s retirement, “Over the thirty-three years that he has served as a federal prosecutor, Zechariah Chafee has exemplified the very best of the profession: balancing rigor with humility, and zeal with profound decency."
“[Chafee's] retirement from this Office is truly the end of an era, but we are grateful not just for his service, but for the good fortune of calling him our friend and colleague for these many years,” added Cunha.
Chafee also served as a member of the United States Marine Corps.
He served, among his other duties, as a commander of a rifle platoon in Okinawa and later a 120-man Rifle Company at Camp Pendleton, CA.
He was named after his grand-uncle, Zechariah Chafee Jr. who was a noted Harvard Law School Professor and civil rights advocate, described as "possibly the most important First Amendment scholar of the first half of the twentieth century" by Richard Primus.