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David Schertler and Danny Onorato Represent Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in Public Testimony Before House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic


JUNE 2024

On June 3, 2024, Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears partners David Schertler and Danny Onorato represented Dr.Anthony S. Fauci in his highly-publicized testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Mr. Schertler and Mr. Onorato also represented Dr. Fauci in a two-day, closed-door voluntary transcribed interview before the Select Subcommittee in January 2024. Dr. Fauci retired at the end of 2022 after serving as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for more than 38 years and as a scientist, clinician, and science administrator at the National Institutes of Health for 54 years. As Director of NIAID, Dr. Fauci advised seven Presidents of the United States, beginning with President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and culminating with his position as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joseph Biden on matters of domestic and global health in 2021 and 2022. Dr. Fauci’s testimony at the June 3 hearing received widespread media coverage, some of which is available at the following links:
Anthony Fauci Defends Federal Covid Response – WSJ
Fauci dismisses ‘preposterous’ allegations that he led covid coverup – The Washington Post
Fauci Grilled by Lawmakers on Masks, Vaccine Mandates and Lab Leak Theory – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Fauci testifies in combative hearing about Covid’s origins (nbcnews.com)

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