Bloomberg Law
Sept. 4, 2019, 10:01 AM UTCUpdated: Sept. 4, 2019, 7:09 PM UTC

Nixon Peabody Adds Ex-ICE Director Amid White Collar Swoon (2)

Roy Strom
Roy Strom
Reporter

Nixon Peabody has acquired a three-lawyer law firm led by an Obama-era acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency as Big Law white collar practices shift in response to Trump administration prosecution preferences.

John Sandweg, who led the agency for roughly six months in 2014, will be a partner in Washington. He formerly led boutique law firm Frontier Solutions and is joined in the move by two lawyers, two investigators and a legal assistant.

Leading an agency is often a resume-builder for would-be Big Law partners. But ICE directors have not been recruited by the biggest law ...

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