The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division has appointed Sung-Hee Suh to serve as Deputy Assistant Attorney General overseeing the appellate, capital case and fraud sections.

Suh returns to the Department of Justice following 15 years at the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel, where she was a partner in the litigation, financial institutions, securities enforcement and white-collar crime, and regulatory and compliance practice groups. While in private practice, Suh handled numerous matters involving securities and commodities fraud, public corruption, health care fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and anti-money laundering and economic sanctions violations.

Prior to joining that law firm, Suh served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York from 1994 to 1999, including as Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section.. While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Suh investigated and prosecuted a wide range of crimes, including murder, drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering and fraud.

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