Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has landed a top recruit from the U.S. Department of Justice, Sandra Moser, who stepped down Friday as acting chief of the criminal division's fraud section.

Moser is joining the firm's leadership as co-head of its global white-collar practice and its crisis law and strategy group. She said she will begin work in Quinn Emanuel's D.C. office in early February.

William Burck, co-managing partner of the office, said Moser's “tremendous amount of leadership experience” and “great reputation,” particularly in the white-collar bar, make her a key hire for the firm.