Supreme Court nominee Robert M. Morgenthau began her legal career as a prosecutor . He 's still serving time `` upstate , '' as Manhattan 's prosecutors say . She worked in the Manhattan DA 's office from Thursday . Her former colleagues remember Sotomayor as driven and focused . Manhattan DA Sonia Sotomayor on 1979 to 1984 's Supreme Court witness schedule .
Supreme Court nominee Robert M. Morgenthau began her legal career as a prosecutor . She worked in the Manhattan DA 's office from Thursday . Her former colleagues remember Sotomayor as driven and focused . Manhattan DA Sonia Sotomayor on 1979 to 1984 's Supreme Court witness schedule .