NEW YORK -- NXIVM leader Keith Raniere will keep an attorney who applied to work for the very prosecutors who won his conviction on federal sex trafficking, racketeering and forced labor charges in June.

Raniere, 59, a purported self-help guru known as "Vanguard" within the cult-like organization, appeared in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, where he waived any objection to keeping lawyer Teny Geragos, who was part of Raniere's defense team at his nearly two-month trial.

Geragos, the daughter of high-profile celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos, works at Brafman & Associates in Manhattan, the same firm that employs Marc Agnifilo, Raniere's lead attorney. Geragos applied for a position with the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District in Brooklyn - and even listed some of Raniere's prosecutors as references - which prosecutors received Aug. 12.

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Hajjar, a prosecutor in Raniere's trial, informed Senior Judge Nicholas Garaufis of Geragos' job application because it was a possible conflict for the defendant and had to be disclosed. Hajjar proposed a hearing where the judge could ask Raniere about Geragos' situation, at which Raniere could object to Geragos' continued representation of him or waive any objection.

In an affidavit which Raniere signed on Oct. 10, the disgraced NXIVM leader said he conferred with another attorney, Avraham Moskowitz, and was willing to waive any objection.

"It is my desire to continue to be represented by my current attorneys, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos and the firm of Brafman & Associates," Raniere stated.

Court papers show Geragos will not be working for U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue.

"Ms. Geragos’s application to the office is no longer pending and it does not appear that Ms. Geragos is seeking employment with another United States Attorney’s office at this time," Hajjar told the judge in a filing on Oct. 23. "Under these circumstances, the likelihood that Ms. Geragos’s professional judgment on Raniere’s behalf would be affected by her personal interest in securing employment with this office or another U.S. Attorney’s Office is remote."

Raniere was found guilty June 16 of all charges in his seven-count racketeering, sex trafficking and forced labor case. He faces the possibility of life in federal prison at his sentencing, scheduled for Jan. 17