Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has increased its white-collar capabilities by adding prominent Washington, D.C.-based litigator KENNETH WAINSTEIN from O’Melveny & Myers. Wainstein, who has served as general counsel to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, chief of staff to FBI director Robert Mueller, and U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., became the first assistant attorney general for homeland security at the U.S. Department of Justice in 2006.
Two years later, Wainstein became President George W. Bush’s homeland security adviser in charge of coordinating the country’s counterterrorist activities, including disaster preparedness and infrastructure protection. Wainstein left the federal government in January 2009 and joined O’Melveny the following month. While at the firm, he represented clients ranging from defense contractors facing Federal Corrupt Practices Act charges to business executives scrutinized by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wainstein also negotiated a plea bargain agreement for former Washington Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas in connection an incident in which pulled a gun on a teammate in the team’s locker room.
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