Michael Bromwich. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Steptoe & Johnson LLP said Monday that it has added Michael Bromwich, a former prosecutor and senior federal official who represented Justice Brett Kavanaugh's accuser Christine Blasey Ford before the U.S. Senate last year.

Bromwich is joining as senior counsel in the firm's white-collar criminal defense practice. He will be based in Washington, D.C., but will also spend time in New York, the firm said.

"Steptoe's white-collar team has an outstanding national reputation among prosecutors and the defense bar," Bromwich said in a statement announcing his move. "I've known [Steptoe partner] Reid Weingarten for more than 30 years and have been extremely impressed by the top-tier talent he has attracted to the Steptoe white-collar team. I am truly excited about this opportunity to work with him and the group."

Bromwich left Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber last year amid his representation of Ford, whose assault accusations against Kavanaugh roiled his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. He has since been serving as the managing principal of The Bromwich Group, a consulting company he founded, and he plans to remain in that role, the firm said.

Bromwich also represents former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe in connection with McCabe's firing from the agency.

Earlier in his career, Bromwich was an inspector general for the Justice Department under President Bill Clinton, and served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and an associate counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel for Iran-Contra.

In a more recent stint in public service, President Barack Obama selected him to oversee reform and regulation efforts relating to offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Bromwich was director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement for the U.S. Department of Interior from 2010 to 2011 and director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement from October 2011 to November 2011.

In a statement, Steptoe chair Phil West called Bromwich the "latest jewel in our crown."

"Over the course of his career, Mike has repeatedly been tapped for complex and challenging assignments," West said in a statement. "Whether in corporate compliance, or representing high-profile individuals in national headline-making matters, he has deftly harmonized business, legal and political cross-currents. His experience will fit in perfectly at Steptoe, and our clients will have another reason to look to us as one of the country's premiere investigations and defense firms."

Bromwich was not immediately available to comment.