WASHINGTON — Lanny Breuer has found his rock star to run the Justice Department’s Fraud Section: a veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyer who is a former prosecution supervisor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan.

Thursday, the Criminal Division chief announced that Davis Polk & Wardwell partner Denis McInerney has accepted the top slot in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section. The retiring chief, Steve Tyrrell, is jumping to the private sector. “We’re very excited for Denis to build on the terrific work that Steve and his team has done,” Breuer said.

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