Jim Garland, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Attorney General at the Department of Justice, has returned to the law firm of Covington & Burling. His practice will focus on complex commercial litigation, including matters involving antitrust claims and financial fraud, as well as matters at the intersection of civil litigation and criminal enforcement.

At the DoJ, Garland advised Attorney General Eric Holder on a range of enforcement issues, with an emphasis on the Department’s response to the economic crisis. He was involved from the inception with President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force and also played a significant role in the Department’s newly formed Intellectual Property Enforcement Task Force. In each of these roles, and others, he worked closely with senior officials at Main Justice, the U.S. Attorneys’ offices, other federal, state, and local enforcement agencies, and the FBI.

Before he left Covington to join the DoJ, Garland litigated antitrust, business tort, and complex contract cases. He also represented both corporate and individual clients in large-scale, multi-party DoJ investigations and related regulatory enforcement actions.

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