Andrew Weissmann Named Chief Of Justice Dept.’s Fraud Division

Justice Department has named Andrew Weissmann as the Chief of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. He returns to the Criminal Division after serving as the FBI’s general counsel under former Director Robert Mueller and, most recently, teaching criminal procedure and national security law courses and seminars at NYU School of Law. Prior his tenure at the FBI, Weissmann was a partner at Jenner & Block for five years. Before that, Weissmann served as special counsel to the Director of the FBI. From 2002 through 2005, he was the deputy director and then the director of the Enron Task Force. Weissmann began his career with the Justice Department in 1991 at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, where he served in various leadership positions, including as chief of the Criminal Division, until joining the Enron Task Force. Weissmann joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office after working as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.