NAFUSA member Dan French will be stepping down in June as Syracuse University’s senior vice president and general counsel after ten years tenure with the university. He will be returning to the full-time private practice of law, rejoining Barclay Damon, working out of the firm’s New York City and Syracuse offices.

French served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York from 1999 to 2001 after being nominated by President Clinton. Prior to that he served in that office as an Assistant United States Attorney for two years. He had previously clerked for a federal district judge and in various positions in the U.S. Senate, including as executive assistant to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

In a statement announcing his departure, French said, “Serving my alma mater as its general counsel for nearly a decade has truly been one of the highest honors of my career. Even though I will miss it, I very much look forward to the next chapter…” French earned his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York College at Oswego.