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Obama Nominates Two U.S. Attorneys

President Obama announced two nominations for U.S. attorney yesterday. Bismarck, North Dakota attorney Tim Purdon has been nominated as North…

Obama Nominates Five U.S. Attorneys

President Barack Obama named five nominees for U.S. Attorney in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and New York on January 20.…

Former U.S. Attorney Joins Jones Walker

Former U.S. attorney Donald Washington has joined Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevant, Carrere & Denegre and will practice from the firm’s…

CA Attorneys Leave Public Life for Private Firms

Former Los Angeles, California City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is joining Goodwin Procter as counsel. He still plans to run for…

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: John Brownlee joins Holland & Knight as partner in the firm's McLean,…

Obama Nominates 4 for US Attorney

On Friday, President Obama nominated four lawyers as United States Attorneys. Daniel Bogden was nominated for the District of Nevada.…

McKool Smith Adds White Collar Partners

Trial firm McKool Smith has expanded its New York-based international white-collar group with two new partners, both from the US…

Attorney Announces Maryland Mortgage Task Force

On Friday, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced a new effort to fight against mortgage fraud in the state of…

Weil Gotshal Hires Former Bush Counsel

Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired former White House deputy counsel William Burck as a partner in its investigations &…

US Attorney’s Offices Understaffed

Newsday reports that federal prosecutions of white-collar crime and securities fraud have dropped off from higher levels earlier in the…

Judges Plead Guilty to Corruption

Two Pennsylvania judges have plead guilty to fraud charges, after taking $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for placing juvenile…

Government Lawyer Uses US Marshals as Chauffeurs to Sports Events

Joseph Band, who was a lawyer in the US Marshals Service's Office of the General Counsel, enlisted deputy marshals to ferry him…