Sunday, July 09, 2006

ZoomInfo Web Summary: Jolene Ivey

ZoomInfo Web Summary: Jolene Ivey: "The Prince George's County Sentinel Newspaper - New Sta...
www.thesentinel.com/pgfolder/030102Ivey.htm
Published on: 1/2/2003 Last Visited: 1/9/2003

"He loved anything about the campaign," said Jolene Ivey, Glenn Ivey's wife. "He was mad he couldn't do some things like walk up to cars." She said that their children are aware of their dad's standing in the community.

"They look at it two ways, . . . there's daddy, and then there's Glenn Ivey," said Jolene Ivey, who is a stay-at-home mom.
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Ivey, a Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate, has legal experience in both the public and private arenas. Until taking over as interim state's attorney, he spent his days shuffling from meeting to meeting as a partner at a Preston, Gates, and Ellis, a law firm in the District, where he specialized in legislative, regulatory and criminal issues.

In January, Ivey will return to adjunct teaching at the University of Maryland's law school after taking a year's break to focus on his campaign.

Ivey is a former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission. He said one of his favorite jobs was working as a federal prosecutor in the District because it allowed him to help the community.

"Crime was just blowing out of control in D.C.," Ivey said. "That was a neat job and that was one where I kind of felt like a lot of what I did, and especially what the office did, really fit in with trying to make it a better place for everybody, especially low-income folks."

Ivey said he plans to reach out to the county's Latino community.

"It's a growing population with unique needs, especially with respect to language barriers," Ivey said. "We're trying to make sure that we've really done a good job of making sure they have complete access to courts because the courts are here to serve them just like everyone else."

Ivey said he hopes to improve the rapport between the county's police department and the state's attorney's office, a relationship that was fractured while new County Executive Jack Johnson was state's attorney.

"I think they understand that if their people do anything illegal, we're going to prosecute them," Ivey said. "This will be my third office as a prosecutor, and I've seen that it can work well. You can prosecute cops and also work with cops at the same time, and I think that's what we want to do."

Laurence Reszetar, president of the Prince George's County Young Democrats, said Ivey has the experience necessary to work out a cordial relationship with the police department.
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"They are two halves of the same coin," said Reszetar, who knows Ivey."