From 1999 to 2001, Hamdani was an associate at Dow, Cogburn & Friedman PC. From 2001 to 2005, he was an associate at Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC. From 2005 to 2008, he was a founding partner of Hamdani & Simon LLP. From 2008 to 2012, he was an
assistant United States attorney in the
Eastern District of Kentucky. From 2012 to 2014, he served as deputy chief of the counterterrorism section of the
National Security Division at the Department of Justice. From 2014 through 2022, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the
Southern District of Texas.
Notable cases Hamdani co-prosecuted the case of Leatrice Malika DeBruhl-Daniels, an
NCIS agent convicted of "obstructing justice, making false statements, and accepting money and gifts for official acts". She failed to disclose her relationship with Nadal Diya, a Syrian businessman living in Dubai, from whom she accepted gifts and revealed to him the status of his visa application and other classified national security information, including that Diya was the subject of a counterterrorism investigation.
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas On October 14, 2022, President
Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hamdani to be the
United States attorney for the
Southern District of Texas. On December 1, 2022, his nomination was reported out of the
Senate Judiciary Committee by
voice vote. On December 6, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by
voice vote. He was sworn in by District Judge
Randy Crane on December 12, 2022. He is the first
Asian American and Pacific Islander to serve as a U.S. Attorney in the state of Texas. Hamdani was recommended to the post by Senators
John Cornyn and
Ted Cruz. ==References==