Alumna to Head DOJ Criminal Division

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) selected GW Law alumna and former Enron lead prosecutor Leslie R. Caldwell, JD ’82, to head its Criminal Division and replace Lanny A. Breuer who resigned as Assistant Attorney General in March. At the DOJ, Caldwell will oversee nearly 600 attorneys who prosecute federal criminal cases across the country and help develop criminal law. She previously worked at the DOJ as the director of the government’s Enron investigation and as a partner at private firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius focusing on white-collar crime.