Craig S. Morford (born 1959) is an American attorney and former acting United States Deputy Attorney General. He is best known for his successful prosecution of James A. Traficant and The Morford Report, written after the overturning of the 2003 Detroit Sleeper Cell convictions.
Craig Morford grew up in Schenectady, N.Y. in a middle-class family. His father, William, marketed Pillsbury products to grocery stores in upstate New York and New Englan...
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Craig S. Morford (born 1959) is an American attorney and former acting United States Deputy Attorney General. He is best known for his successful prosecution of James A. Traficant and The Morford Report, written after the overturning of the 2003 Detroit Sleeper Cell convictions.
Craig Morford grew up in Schenectady, N.Y. in a middle-class family. His father, William, marketed Pillsbury products to grocery stores in upstate New York and New England. His mother, Betty, was a homemaker who also sold women's clothing during in-home shows. His older brother, William is an antiques dealer. As a child, Morford was intrigued by "Perry Mason" and "Judd for the Defense" and dreamed of becoming a lawyer. He and his wife, Mary Jo, have four children, ages 13 to 22 and live in Rocky River, Ohio.
In 1981, he graduated with an Economics degree from Hope College, a small liberal arts school in Holland, Michigan and spent his junior year in Washington. He had internships with Sen. Harrison Schmitt of...
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