From 2005 to 2007, he was Chief of Staff to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty. From October 2005 to October 2006, he was also an ex officio member of the United States Sentencing Commission. In September 2006, the Department of Justice gave Elston its highest award presented to attorneys for contributions and excellence in legal performance--the John Marshall Award -- ``for his outstanding legal advice, leadership and excellence related to the appellate work of the Eastern District of Virginia.''
From 2005 to 2007, he was Chief of Staff to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty.
case
from
From
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2005
2005
NUM
CD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2007
2007
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Number=Sing
Chief
Chief
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Staff
Staff
PROPN
NNP
case
to
to
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
U.S.
U.S.
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
deputy
Deputy
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Attorney
Attorney
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
General
General
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Paul
Paul
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
McNulty
McNulty
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
From October 2005 to October 2006, he was also an ex officio member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
case
from
From
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
October
October
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2005
2005
NUM
CD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
October
October
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2006
2006
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
ex
ex
NOUN
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
officio
officio
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
member
member
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
United
United
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Plur
State
States
PROPN
NNPS
compound
Number=Sing
Sentencing
Sentencing
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Commission
Commission
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In September 2006, the Department of Justice gave Elston its highest award presented to attorneys for contributions and excellence in legal performance--the John Marshall Award -- ``for his outstanding legal advice, leadership and excellence related to the appellate work of the Eastern District of Virginia.''
case
in
In
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
September
September
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2006
2006
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
Department
Department
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Justice
Justice
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
give
gave
VERB
VBD
iobj
Number=Sing
Elston
Elston
PROPN
NNP
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
its
its
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Sup
high
highest
ADJ
JJS
obj
Number=Sing
award
award
NOUN
NN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
present
presented
VERB
VBN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
attorney
attorneys
NOUN
NNS
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
contribution
contributions
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
excellence
excellence
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
legal
legal
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
performance
performance
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
John
John
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Marshall
Marshall
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
Award
Award
PROPN
NNP
punct
--
--
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
outstanding
outstanding
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
legal
legal
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
advice
advice
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Sing
leadership
leadership
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
excellence
excellence
NOUN
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
related
related
ADJ
JJ
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
appellate
appellate
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
work
work
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Eastern
Eastern
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
District
District
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Virginia
Virginia
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
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