Andrew Schilling Named Chief Of Civil Division For U.S. Attorney’s Office In SDNY

Federal prosecutors have filled an important position: Andrew W. Schilling has been named the new chief of the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. Schilling follows James L. Cott, who had served as the Chief of the Civil Division since February 6, 2003. 

Schilling returns to the U.S. Attorney’s Office from Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, where he has been a litigation partner since 2007. There, his practice combined complex civil litigation with white collar criminal defense and internal investigations.
 
From 1997 to 2007, Schilling served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.