Former Hunton Partner Gets 70 Months for Child Porn on Firm Laptop
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A former Hunton & Williams partner was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison for using his firm's laptop to download and store videos of child pornography.
The lawyer, Emerson Briggs, who made partner at Hunton & Williams in 2003, pleaded guilty in September to one count of receiving child pornography. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia also sentenced Briggs, 41, to 10 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $12,500 fine.
Briggs has been in custody since his plea hearing. Steptoe & Johnson partner Bruce Bishop, who represented Briggs, declined to comment. Briggs is "ashamed and remorseful about his past actions," his wife wrote in a letter to the judge. Briggs entered counseling after losing his job at Hunton & Williams.
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