Uzo Asonye

Asonye was born to a Nigerian American family.^[1] He attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, graduating in 1998. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.^{[citation needed]}

After college, he worked for the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, before joining the United States Attorney's office as deputy chief in the financial crimes and public corruption unit.^[2][3] Robert Mueller brought Asonye onto the Special Counsel investigation team.^[4] Asonye was the lead attorney of Paul Manafort's Virginia criminal trial.^[5] In 2021, he joined Davis Polk & Wardwell as a member of the firm's white collar team.^[6]