David A. O’Neil, Head Of DOJ’s Criminal Division, Stepping Down

David A. O’Neil, head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, will depart the government at the end of the week, putting an end to an eight-year Justice Department career. O’Neil, who ran the criminal division on an acting basis, has signaled for weeks that his departure was imminent. He recently handed over the criminal division to Leslie R. Caldwell, whom President Obama nominated for the job, and assumed a deputy role overseeing the fraud section during the transition period. O’Neil, who was an associate at the law firm WilmerHale before joining the government, became an assistant United States attorney in Manhattan in 2006. In 2009, he moved his family to Washington, where he joined the solicitor general’s office.