Eric Komitee, a nominee for a seat on Brooklyn’s federal district court, earned $10.5 million in salary and bonus between 2016 and May 2018 as the general counsel to the hedge fund Viking Global Investors LP, according to newly disclosed financial records.

Komitee joined the New York-based hedge fund in 2008 following an eight-year stint in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, where he prosecuted violent crime and gun possession cases before leading the business and securities fraud section.

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