Shearman & Sterling Adds Former Prosecutor from Paul Weiss

Shearman & Sterling has hired Adam Schwartz away from Paul Weiss to serve as a litigation partner in its Washington office.

Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor, joined Paul Weiss as an associate in 2014 and became of counsel at the firm. He has worked in the U.S. Attorney’s offices in both the District of Columbia and in the Eastern District of Virginia.

He has trial and investigative experience representing corporations and individuals in a range of white-collar criminal, congressional, regulatory and internal investigations, and litigation matters. Those include fraud, securities, commodities, antitrust, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act and ...