Ms Martyna Pospieszalska has taken up her duties as the new Liaison Prosecutor for the United States at Eurojust. She succeeds Mr Philip Mirrer-Singer and has been appointed for an initial term of two years. Ms Pospieszalska has over a decade of experience working in the field of international cooperation in criminal matters with extensive expertise in extraditions, mutual legal assistance, electronic evidence and cross-border asset forfeiture.
As the new U.S. Liaison Prosecutor, Ms Pospieszalska said: I’m incredibly honoured to represent the U.S. Department of Justice at Eurojust. My appointment – together with the present Deputy Liaison Prosecutor Timothy Rank and U.S. Special Prosecutor for the Crime of Aggression Jessica Kim – reflects the United States’ strong commitment to working hand in hand with our European partners to investigate and prosecute serious transnational crimes and uphold the rule of law.
Ms Pospieszalska comes to Eurojust having worked as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs (OIA), the United States’ Central Authority, since December 2014. In this capacity, she has advised and assisted U.S. and foreign authorities on extraditions and requests for mutual legal assistance, with a particular focus on Europe. She also has extensive expertise on obtaining electronic evidence and international asset forfeiture matters.
Between June 2012 and October 2014, Ms Pospieszalska was a Law Clerk to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ms Pospieszalska also previously served as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
The new U. S. Liaison Prosecutor is already known to The Hague, where Eurojust has its premises. While still a law student focusing on international law, she spent a semester in The Hague working for the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands and simultaneously took a course at Leiden University.
In 2011, Ms Pospieszalska obtained a Juris Doctorate from the American University of Washington College of Law. She also holds a master’s degree in international affairs from the same university.
The United States is one of the twelve* countries outside the European Union who have Liaison Prosecutors at Eurojust. Liaison Prosecutors represent their national prosecuting authorities and can open requests or cases for cross-border judicial (prosecutor) cooperation with national authorities of EU Member States and other third countries at the Agency. Vice versa, the national desks of EU Member States’ judiciaries at Eurojust can request cross-border judicial cooperation with the U.S. authorities through the Liaison Prosecutor.
*Other countries outside the European Union with Liaison Prosecutors at Eurojust are: Albania, Georgia, Iceland, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom.