Lowenstein Sandler has added former New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram to its white-collar and technology group in New York, the firm said Friday.

Milgram, who is joining the firm as special counsel, served as New Jersey attorney general from 2007 until 2010. She has since been championing the use of smart data, analytics and technology to reform the criminal justice system, most recently as professor and distinguished scholar in residence at New York University School of Law, where she's now building a criminal justice innovation lab.

“[Milgram's] practical experience as well as her scholarship in how big data is being utilized in legal proceedings will be valuable to our clients both in and out of the tech sector,” Ed Zimmerman, co-founder and chairman of Lowenstein Sandler's technology group, said in a statement.