Former Financial Crimes Prosecutor Heads to Squire Patton Boggs

A former top prosecutor in the Justice Department’s money laundering unit is joining the government investigations and white collar practice of Squire Patton Boggs.

The firm on June 25 said it hired Claiborne Porter, a seven-year DOJ veteran, as a partner in its Washington office.

Porter is jumping to Squire Patton Boggs from Navigant Consulting Inc., where he worked for more than a year and a half as head of investigations in the global investigations and compliance practice.

Porter, who joined the DOJ in 2010, served as acting principal deputy chief of the agency’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section ...