James R. DeVita has joined law firm Day Pitney LLP as a partner in its New York office. The firm announced yesterday that DeVita has joined its White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations practice.
DeVita previously served as a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and joins Day Pitney from Schoeman Updike & Kaufman LLP. He specializes in white-collar criminal defense matters, defending cases involving allegations of securities, tax and other forms of financial fraud.