Morgan Lewis Litigator Nominated to DOJ Criminal Division

Leslie Caldwell, a New York-based partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and veteran white-collar defense lawyer, was nominated today to serve as assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division in the U.S. Department of Justice. Caldwell would fill the position vacated by Lanny Breuer, who left the Justice Department earlier this year to rejoin Covington & Burling as the firm's vice-chairman. Breuer was one of the longest-serving leaders of the division in recent time. Caldwell has been a partner at Morgan Lewis since 2004; she co-chaired the firm's white collar practice from 2004 to 2009. Before joining the firm, she served as director of the Justice Department's Enron Task Force from 2002 to 2004. She spent her early career as a federal prosecutor, serving in U.S. attorney's offices in the Northern District of California and in the Eastern District of New York. Caldwell was not immediately available for comment. A spokeswoman for Morgan Lewis declined to comment. The White House also announced the nomination of a Justice Department lawyer to the U.S. Tax Court. Tamara Ashford, the nominee, is the deputy assistant attorney general for appellate and review in the department's Tax Division.

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