Not long after graduation, he joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. There, he was put on the case of Richard Miller, an agent in the FBI’s counterintelligence unit, who had fallen for a Soviet spy, passing her secret documents in exchange for cash, gold, and sex. The government had failed twice to convict Miller. Under fierce pressure, Schiff was brought in to win the third trial, which he did. Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the first time an FBI agent had ever been convicted of espionage”