Cadwalader Adds Recognized Washington Attorney to Business Fraud Group

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counselor to financial institutions and corporations, today announced that senior Department of Justice official Adam Lurie has joined the Washington Office as Partner in the firm's Business Fraud and Complex Litigation Department.  Lurie joins the Firm one week after it was announced that Ken Wainstein, former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department joined the Group.

Adam Lurie is returning to Cadwalader from the Department of Justice, where he was Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division. Prior to his most recent position at the Department of Justice, Adam Lurie served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Newark, N.J., specializing in securities and health care fraud and corruption matters, and as the Staff Director and Counsel for Investigations and Oversight for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 

"We are very pleased by Adam's return to Cadwalader," said W. Christopher White, Cadwalader Chairman. "His public service has enabled him to obtain valuable knowledge and insight into the complex relationship between business and government.  I am confident that our clients will benefit from his experience."

"I am excited to be returning to Cadwalader," Lurie stated. "I am looking forward to joining an expanding dynamic practice handling some of the most complex and challenging cases facing businesses today."

Lurie received his undergraduate degree from Mary Washington College and his J.D. from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

About Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established in 1792, is one of the world's leading international law firms, with offices in New York, London, Charlotte, Washington, Houston, Beijing, Hong Kong and Brussels.  Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's top financial institutions and corporations, undertaking business in more than 50 countries.  The firm offers legal expertise in antitrust, banking, business fraud, corporate finance, corporate governance, energy, environmental, financial restructuring, healthcare, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, regulation, securitization, structured finance, and tax.  More information about Cadwalader can be found at www.cadwalader.com.

SOURCE Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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