William C. Snyder
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law
Syracuse University
Biography:
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William C. Snyder is a Visiting Assistant Professor of law during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years. He will teach Federal Criminal Law, Computer Crimes, Counter-Terrorism and the Law, Prosecuting Terrorist in Article III Courts, and Evidence. In addition, he will assist at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, a joint venture of Syracuse University's College of Law and its Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
As an AUSA, Mr. Snyder initiated prosecution of the largest felony case in the history of the Western District of Pennsylvania while assigned as legal counsel to the Greater Pittsburgh Violent Crimes/ Gang Task Force. In addition, he participated in intelligence investigations and drafted emergency plans while assigned to that district's Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council. He served as the district's Crisis Response Manager.
Mr. Snyder received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in political science with a concentration in international relations from Yale College of Yale University. He received his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Cornell Law School where he served on the Cornell Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Mr. Snyder teaches National Security Law, Current Legal Issues in Government and Fact Investigation as an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School. He has also lectured on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act following his service on the Greater Pittsburgh Violent Crime and Gang Task Force that resulted in a ground-breaking racketeering prosecution.
Mr. Snyder is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.