Eric Holder Jr.’s next two years at Covington & Burling, the firm where he worked before becoming U.S. attorney general, may be a smooth transition for one of the Obama administration’s most high-profile officials turning to private practice in corporate law.
He’s barred for two years from working with the U.S. Justice Department and on cases it oversaw while he was there. So what will he do in private practice in the meantime? “You have to rebuild relationships. That doesn’t happen overnight,” former associate attorney general Thomas Perrelli, now chairman of the government-controversies practice at Jenner & Block, said. “With somebody as talented as Eric is, I’m sure he will have lots of opportunities quickly.”
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