Haywood Gilliam has joined law firm Covington & Burling as a partner in its San Francisco office. The firm announced yesterday that Gilliam has joined its white collar defense and investigations group.
Gilliam previously served as a federal prosecutor for nearly eight years. From 2004 to 2006, he served as chief of the Securities Fraud Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and was a founding member of the Northern District’s Stock Options Backdating Task Force.
