Former Justice Department Fraud Chief Steven Tyrrell Joining D.C. Office Of Weil Gotshal

Steven Tyrrell, former chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Fraud Section, is joining the Weil Gotshal law firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office effective February 1, 2010.  Tyrrell and Boston-based Weil partner Thomas C. Frongillo will serve as co-chairs of the firm’s Investigations & Criminal Defense practice.

As chief of the DOJ’s Fraud Section, Tyrrell supervised 60 attorneys and 25 support staff in connection with the development, investigation, prosecution, and coordination of sophisticated economic crime matters and enforcement initiatives, including issues involving corporate, securities, commodities and investment fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, health care fraud, procurement fraud, stimulus and rescue fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft.  He also played a key role advising DOJ leadership on matters including legislation, crime prevention, public education, and the Department’s recently announced Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.

Tyrrell spent the past 20 years at the DOJ, serving in various capacities.  Prior to his appointment as Chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division in 2006, he served as Deputy Chief of the Counterterrorism Section of the Criminal Division.  Tyrrell also served as Assistant US Attorney in the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of New York and the Southern District of Florida.