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Former DOJ Criminal Division Head to Join Latham – Law Blog – WSJ
The former head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is joining the law firm Latham & Watkins, the firm announced on Wednesday, making the firm now home to two former assistant attorney generals for the criminal division, and three senior members of the Enron task force. Leslie Caldwell will join the firm in September in […]
Former Assistant Attorney General, Leader of Criminal Div. to Join Firm — Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Leslie R. Caldwell will join the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice in September. Caldwell most recently served as the Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. She is a […]
Peter H. Bresnan to Join PCAOB as Senior Advisor in Division of Enforcement and Investigations
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today announced that Peter H. Bresnan will join the Division of Enforcement and Investigations as Senior Advisor to the Director, effective July 10. Mr. Bresnan brings to the PCAOB extensive experience in regulatory and enforcement matters, including as Deputy Director of the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and […]
Quinn Emanuel Snags Former Aide to SEC Chair White | Big Law Business
A top adviser to former SEC Chairman Mary Jo White moved to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP after a decade at the agency, the law firm said June 13. Michael Liftik, who was a deputy chief of staff under White, joined the firm as a partner in its Washington office. He will work on […]
Highlights from Securities Enforcement Forum West 2017
Photos and highlights from Securities Enforcement Forum West 2017.
Jones Day adds SEC’s former acting deputy director of enforcement, David Bergers, as a partner in Boston
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David P. Bergers will join the Firm’s Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice as a partner in its Boston Office. He brings nearly 25 years of industry experience — as a government regulator, corporate counsel, and practicing attorney — to Jones Day. Mr. Bergers served at the […]
Ex-DOJ Lawyer Returns to Irell as Global Investigations Head | The Recorder
Former federal prosecutor Jason Linder is returning to Irell & Manella’s Los Angeles office to lead the firm’s global investigations and anticorruption team. Linder was an associate at Irell & Manella from 2002 to 2007 before he joined the U.S. Department of Justice, where he most recently served as a senior trial attorney in the […]
Debevoise’s White to Lead Firm’s Newly Branded ‘Crisis Teams’ | New York Law Journal
When Mary Jo White was the leader of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission less than a year ago, her phone calls had the power to start a corporate crisis. Now White is being branded as the first person for a CEO to ring when chaos strikes. Debevoise & Plimpton, the firm White returned to […]
Debevoise Hires Brooklyn Prosecutor Paes | Big Law Business
Debevoise & Plimpton announced this morning that the firm has hired Winston M. Paes, a former federal Brooklyn prosecutor focused on financial fraud. He will join the firm’s New York office on Monday, a spokesperson said, and will specialize in white collar and regulatory defense work. via Debevoise Hires Brooklyn Prosecutor Paes | Big Law Business
FINRA enforcement chief returns to Baker Botts — CDR
The chief of enforcement at US financial services regulator FINRA has returned to private practice, while McGuireWoods has made a Houston IP addition and Slaughter and May’s promotions exclude disputes lawyers. Baker Botts has made a significant addition to the strength of its white-collar and securities enforcement practice in Washington, DC with the hire of […]