Tali Farhadian Weinstein

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Tali Farimah Farhadian Weinstein (born in 1975 or 1976), is an American attorney, professor, and politician. She is a former federal and state prosecutor and was a candidate in the 2021 New York County District Attorney race.

Born in Iran to a Jewish family, Farhadian Weinstein came to the United States as a refugee in 1979. Her family became eligible for citizenship through President Ronald Reagan's 1986 amnesty program. After graduating from Yale University and Magdalen College, Oxford, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School. She then became a law clerk for Judge Merrick Garland at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and then for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, during O'Connor's last two years at the Supreme Court.

Farhadian Weinstein worked at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2009 to 2017, first as counsel to Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General during the Barack Obama administration, and then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. She later served as general counsel to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez from 2018 to 2020. In 2021, Farhadian Weinstein was a candidate in the Democratic primary for New York County District Attorney. Since 2017, she has also taught at the New York University School of Law where she continues to serve as an adjunct professor. In late 2021, she became legal analyst for NBC News.