Former DOJ Civil Division Chief Hunt Joins Alston & Bird (1)

Joseph “Jody” Hunt, who recently left his job as head of the Justice Department’s civil division, is headed to Alston & Bird as senior counsel in the firm’s litigation and trial practice group.

Hunt told DOJ lawyers in late June that he would be stepping down on July 3, after 21 years at the Justice Department. He spent the last two years leading the civil division, and announced his departure just hours after Hunt’s name appeared on a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the publication of a new book by former White House national security advisor John Bolton.

“I wouldn’t ...