Russia Probe DOJ Official Edward O’Callaghan Moves to Cahill

Edward O’Callaghan, a former top Justice Department official under Attorney General William Barr, is joining Cahill Gordon & Reindel as a partner in Washington, DC where he will chair the firm’s congressional investigations practice, the firm announced.

While at the Justice Department between 2017 to 2019 O’Callaghan was principal associate deputy attorney general and worked closely with deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein to oversee the FBI’s investigation into Russian election interference. He also had primary supervisory responsibilities over the special counsel’s office led by Robert Mueller III. He returned to private practice in 2020 as a partner at WilmerHale.

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