INSIGHT: Former DOJ Prosecutor Back in BigLaw Shares Tips to Help Clients

摘要

Morgan Lewis’s Zane David Memeger, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, shares tips for how attorneys“switching hats” from public to private practice can better understand and help their clients. I have had the privilege of serving the Department of Justice as both a U.S. attorney and an assistant U.S. attorney. After both tours, I returned to partnership at my current law firm. During the reentry process I’ve learned how to leverage the perspective I gained as a federal prosecutor to advise clients on the other end of government investigations. The importance of understanding their business and mission and the ability to explain all of your clients’ options, including self-disclosure and cooperation, as well as manage costs and expectations efiectively can’t be overstated.