Loretta Lynch, Federal Prosecutor, Will Be Nominated for Attorney General - NYTimes.com

"Ms. Lynch gained prominence for her work prosecuting members of the New York Police Department for the 1997 case in which a Haitian immigrant, Abner Louima, was beaten and sodomized with a broom handle. The case became a national symbol of police brutality.

Gerald L. Shargel, a prominent defense lawyer, said Ms. Lynch was remarkably approachable."