Steven Reich, a former senior U.S. Justice Department attorney, is joining Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's New York office as a partner in the white- collar defense and government investigations practice.
At the Justice Department, Reich, an associate deputy attorney general, advised Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and Deputy Attorney General James Cole and oversaw a team of attorneys. He advised top officials on matters such as the Fast and Furious gun-running congressional investigation and the inquiry into the prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz.
