Akin Snags Former Frauds and Cybercrime Federal Prosecutor

Akin Gump has added former federal prosecutor Ian McGinley as a New York partner in its white-collar defense and government investigations practice.

McGinley is a former co-chief of the complex frauds and cybercrime unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

He joins three other former attorneys from the Southern District office. They include Katherine Goldstein, who joined Akin Gump last year and who was chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force while McGinley was one of its members.

Firms have been stocking their ranks with prosecutorial expertise to prepare for any uptick ...