CAREER -- Law clerk , Judge Robert Sweet of Federal District Court , 1984-85 ; associate at Paul , Weiss , Rifkind , Wharton & Garrison , 1985-86 ; Manhattan district attorney 's office , rising to head of labor racketeering prosecutions , 1986-92 ; Skadden , Arps , Slate , Meagher & Flom , 1992-94 ; Constantine & Partners , 1994-1998 ; New York attorney general , 1999-present .