Name Lisa Friel Role Prosecutor | Education Dartmouth College | |
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Lisa M. Friel is a New York City lawyer and prosecutor. She was in charge of sex crime prosecutions in the New York County District Attorney's office, but resigned in late June 2011. Friel graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia School of Law.
In 2007, Friel and the other bureau chiefs of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Units in the New York City District Attorney's office were honored by the Crime Victims Treatment Center of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals for their work in prosecuting sex offenders.
She was featured in “Sex Crimes Unit”, a documentary aired on HBO.
She has been quoted in The New York Times and elsewhere about cases in which she was involved.
According to her LinkedIn account, since April 2015 she has been Senior Vice President/Special Counsel for Investigations for the National Football League, and had been described by her former boss, former New York prosecutor Linda Fairstein, as a "rabid Giants fan."
Controversies
In her role as the NFL's special counsel for investigations, Friel headed an investigation that, on August 17, 2016, resulted in New York Giants placekicker Josh Brown receiving a one-game suspension instead of the league-mandated six-game suspension. The suspension was reduced by more than 83 percent because of mitigating circumstances that the league and Friel have never revealed. Friel has been described as a rabid Giants fan.
In her role as the NFL's special counsel for investigations she also oversaw the domestic violence investigation of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott. In a lawsuit filed by the NFLPA, Friel is accused of withholding “critical information which would completely exonerate Elliott” in allegations of domestic violence. Friel reportedly barred lead investigator Kia Roberts, who recommended no suspension for Elliott, from attending a meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell where Friel recommended a six-game suspension for Elliott to Goodell and other NFL executives. Friel was also accused of withholding evidence when she was implicated for prosecutorial misconduct in the alleged rape case of former New York police officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata.