As one of the longest-serving leaders of the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal division, Lanny Breuer has overseen some of the highest-profile cases in the country’s history. On March 1, after nearly four years at the helm, Breuer left his post. Talk of Breuer’s departure from one of Justice’s most coveted slots had been ongoing in Washington legal circles for months.
"I will miss my colleagues. There’s no job like it," says Breuer, a former Covington & Burling white-collar defense partner in Washington. "I’m sure I will love the private practice againor whatever it is in the private sector. But this is as great a job as you get."
