Former DOJ Criminal Division Chief Rita Glavin Joins Vinson & Elkins; Will Lead N.Y. White Collar Practice

Rita Glavin, former head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the law firm’s New York office, where she will lead and build the firm’s New York white collar practice.

While working in the U.S. Attorney's office, Glavin served as trial counsel in 17 federal jury trials and investigated hundreds of criminal matters, including public corruption offenses, corporate crimes, financial and securities fraud violations, federal campaign finance law violations, and healthcare fraud.

In 2008, Glavin was named Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, the second highest ranking official in the Division. On January 20, 2009, President Obama appointed Glavin to the position of Acting Assistant Attorney General over the DOJ’s Criminal Division, where she supervised more than 400 attorneys in 18 different criminal sections, worked to develop the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, and testified to Congress several times about the financial crisis and the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009.

Glavin believes that she will have plenty to do at her new firm. She points out that "The Justice Department, SEC, and other government agencies are in the process of intensifying their efforts to investigate financial fraud. I expect to see much more activity on the enforcement front, especially in the areas of procurement and accounting fraud, malfeasance involving TARP money and stimulus funds, FCPA violations, and investment fraud."