Christopher Steskal, the federal prosecutor who indicted the country’s first stock option backdating prosecution in June — and the leader of a criminal probe into Apple Inc.’s options grants — will leave the San Francisco U.S. Attorney’s Office next month to lead the white-collar practice at Fenwick & West.

Steskal has been busy with options prosecutions in recent weeks — Apple CEO Steve Jobs was interviewed by prosecutors and SEC lawyers earlier this week, according to people familiar with the case. But the offer from Fenwick was too enticing, Steskal said.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]