Following the Mueller Probe, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein left the Department of Justice back in May 2019 and joined a law firm, according to a press release issued by the law firm, King & Spalding.
As stated by the press release, King & Spalding announced that Rosenstein joined the company in the Washington D.C. office on Jan. 8 as a partner for the company’s Special Matters & Government Investigation team. According to the statement, part of his job at the company is working together with “a deep bench of former federal prosecutors and senior government officials to help clients with their most challenging litigations, enforcement, and reputational issues.”
As per his previous job as the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Rosenstein held senior legal management and leadership positions while at the U.S. Department of Justice. He served under former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and most recently, under President Donald Trump. Those positions included Deputy Attorney General between the years 2017 and 2019, and the United States Attorney between the years 2007 and 2017, the press release stated.
According to the press release, Robert D. Hayes Jr., the Chairman of King & Spalding said of former Deputy Attorney General, “Rod Rosenstein is an exceptional trial lawyer, strategist, and leader with unquestioned integrity and toughness. His arrival underscores the firm’s longstanding commitment to effective advocacy on the most complex and highest-stakes government-related matters. Our clients will benefit from the unique experience of Rod and other senior government officials working together as a team. His arrival reflects the firm’s intent to continue building leading practices led by extraordinary lawyers to serve clients on their most pressing and sensitive needs.”
As stated in the release, Rosenstein has varied experience and background in prosecutorial and enforcement, and with his knowledge, is a crucial aspect and member of the Special Matters & Government Investigations team. He will be help clients from all backgrounds, including corporations, institutions, or individuals.
His profile with the U.S. Department of Justice, stated that during his time as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice, Rosenstein “supervised the Division’s criminal sections and coordinated the tax enforcement activities of the Tax Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Internal Revenue Service. He also oversaw civil litigation and served as the acting head of the Tax Division when the Assistant Attorney General was unavailable. He also briefed and argued federal civil appeals.”
Regarding his decision to come to King & Spalding, said, according to the press release issued by the firm, that he worked for lawyers from both Republican and Democratic administrations. In those years of working as an attorney, he came to learn that the best lawyers were at King & Spalding. When considering what he should do after leaving the Department of Justice, he said it became apparent to him why every good government attorney came to that company.
“With an unparalleled depth of experience across its practice groups and a long and distinguished record of success in courtrooms, King & Spalding is a bipartisan firm that focuses on helping clients resolve complex and sensitive matters in the United States and abroad,” Rosenstein said. “The inclusive and collaborative culture allows every client to benefit from the broad expertise and deep insight of more than 1,100 exceptional lawyers throughout the firm’s 21 offices.”
He followed up saying that he looked forward to working at King & Spalding, and his soon-to-be new coworkers to increase and “expand the firm’s government investigations, national security and cybersecurity practices,” according to the press release.
