NEW
YORK, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced
today that Edward O'Callaghan,
formerly the principal associate deputy attorney general and acting
deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice (DOJ), has
joined the firm as a partner and co-head of the Washington, D.C. office. He will chair
Cahill's Congressional Investigations practice and serve as a
partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations
practice.
Edward's practice will focus on representing public companies,
government contractors, financial institutions, and executives in
congressional investigations, criminal prosecutions, and other
government inquiries and investigations.
Edward served with the DOJ from November
2017 through December 2019.
There, he was the principal counselor to the Deputy Attorney
General, DOJ's second highest official, and also a key, direct
advisor to the Attorney General. In his role as Principal Associate
Deputy Attorney General, Edward helped manage 113,000 attorneys,
agents, investigators, and administrators, 93 U.S. attorney
offices, and all DOJ law enforcement agencies. He was also one of
DOJ's key congressional liaisons helping steer the Office of
Legislative Affairs' strategic decisions, working regularly with
various committees, leadership members, and staffers in the House
and Senate. Edward also previously served as an Assistant
U.S. Attorney (AUSA) for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and Co-Chief of the Terrorism
& National Security Unit during the last three years of his
tenure.
"When facing high-stakes congressional hearings and
sophisticated investigations, DOJ officials, including the Attorney
General, turned toward Ed to help them prepare," said Herb Washer, Chair of Cahill's Executive
Committee. "Very few can match his deeply impressive government
service at the highest levels of the SDNY and DOJ as a whole, and
his long career defending companies and executives in
bet-the-company government investigations. When our clients face
parallel investigations by DOJ, Congress, and federal and state
regulators, every decision must be carefully calibrated to assess
the impact across all inquiries. The insights Ed brings to clients
as a result of his extensive government career and private sector
experience are deeply valued, and I look forward to joining forces
with him."
"Having contributed to some of the government's most important
investigations, including daily advice to the Attorney General, Ed
is among the best lawyers in the country at helping clients quickly
formulate strategies to navigate high stakes investigations
effectively, whether they originate from Congress, DOJ, or other
agencies," said David Januszewski,
Chair of Cahill's Litigation practice. "In these critical
situations, time is of the essence. Ed stands ready to lead tough
internal investigations to help inform a client's options,
anticipate and craft defenses, and guide strategic decisions,
including whether to cooperate or push back."
"DOJ continually sought out Ed for his extensive experience as a
prosecutor of national security cases and sophisticated
fraud and corruption schemes during his tenure at
SDNY, leveraging that experience and perspective to help guide some
of the Department's most difficult policy and prosecutorial
decisions," said Anirudh Bansal,
Chair of Cahill's White Collar Defense & Investigations
practice, himself a former Southern District AUSA. "I know Ed
well from our service together at SDNY, and he will be a powerful
and unyielding asset to Cahill's current and future clients."
Since returning to private practice in 2020, Edward has been a
partner at an international law firm based in Washington, D.C. where he has represented some
of the country's largest companies and their top executives in DOJ,
congressional, and federal and state regulatory inquiries. He
has prepared numerous CEOs and other top executives for
congressional hearings and has represented two of the largest
global financial institutions in high profile and high stakes
congressional inquiries. Edward is currently counsel of record for
companies facing some of the most significant DOJ inquiries during
the current Administration.
Edward is the second partner to join Cahill's litigation
practice in two months, arriving shortly after Kiersten A. Fletcher who served as an AUSA in
the SDNY, where she was a senior member of both the Securities and
Commodities Fraud Task Force and the Money Laundering
and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit. At Cahill, these
prominent former prosecutors join Anirudh
Bansal, who was co-head of the SDNY Complex Frauds Unit and
currently serves as Chair of Cahill's White Collar Defense &
Investigations practice, as well as Sam
Enzer, who also came from the SDNY and currently co-leads
Cahill's Digital Assets Practice and Emerging Technology
practice.
"I have worked with Herb, Anirudh, and Sam across different
phases of my career, and I am familiar with Kiersten's incredible
reputation and track record. I could not imagine a stronger
team of talented and determined litigators who fight for clients
and win," Edward said. "Very few law firms have been able to match
Cahill's broad success in litigation, or its long-standing
dominance in the capital markets. With these combined strengths,
the firm is well placed to continue to thrive and provide highest
caliber advice to top tier clients. I am eager to be a part
of this storied firm and its deep team of accomplished
lawyers."
Edward received his B.A. from Georgetown
University and his J.D. from New York
University School of Law. He began his legal career as
a law clerk to the late Hon. Kevin T.
Duffy in the Southern District of New
York.
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New York, Cahill also has offices
in London, Washington, D.C. and Delaware.
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