Still, Mr. Jordan said he had recently hired a former federal prosecutor to assess the strength of the 2,000 pre-hurricane cases to see how many more should be dropped.

Chicago selected a city budget director to run the schools; Seattle turned to a general; San Diego hired a federal prosecutor with experience in drugs and immigration.

She has done everything in her power, since the Specialty Risk situation arose, to investigate it, including bringing lawsuits, including hiring a special prosecutor to investigate it.

His attempt to hire a former prosecutor for her possible influence with that office has backfired.

He has brought in ex-F.B.I. agents and hired a former prosecutor to help oversee the process.

They hired Irwin Rochman, a former prosecutor and an experienced criminal lawyer.

The unprecedented public pressure that followed compelled the Giuliani administration to hire a former prosecutor, Nicholas Scoppetta, himself a product of foster homes, to fix the system.

He plans to hire a former prosecutor, Laura A. Brevetti, who investigated the county government's car-leasing scandal, as a watchdog.

Ms. Rich has hired Martin R. Pollner, a former federal prosecutor and senior partner at Loeb & Loeb, as her lawyer in the matter.

"If you hire a prosecutor, you're going to get somebody who acts like a prosecutor."