Jenner & Block Bulks Up in DC

By Susannah Nesmith and Stephen Joyce, Special to Big Law Business

Jenner & Block announced it has hired David Bitkower, former principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s criminal division, as a partner in its white collar practice in the Washington, D.C. office.

Bitkower was one of three political appointees in the criminal division, and helped expand the ability of the FBI to search computer records, which he defended as necessary to protect children from predators.

“I think people should be concerned about privacy, in terms of criminals who want to invade your privacy as well as government ...