As a federal prosecutor, Kirschner has prosecuted in excess of 50 murder trials during his career, including the infamous "U.S. v. Albrecht Muth" - a controversial case involving a savvy conman in elite DC political circles who murdered his 91-year-old socialite wife Viola Drath in 2011. In the biopic
Georgetown (2019) about the trial, Kirschner was portrayed by Portuguese actor
Paulino Nunes.
