Steven Fagell, most recently the Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice, has rejoined the international law firm of Covington & Burling as a partner. Fagell will practice in the firm’s litigation group, with a particular focus on white collar defense, internal investigations, and securities litigation and enforcement, and will reside in Covington’s Washington office.

As a member of the Criminal Division’s senior leadership team, Fagell counseled the Assistant Attorney General on a broad range of litigation, policy, legislative, and management issues, and he routinely represented the Division in meetings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the FBI, and other key regulators and law enforcement agencies. During his tenure at the DoJ, he coordinated the Division's work with President Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force and the bi-partisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, and he was integrally involved in the formulation and communication of Division policy in connection with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, corporate and securities fraud, and other forms of financial fraud.

Previously at Covington, Fagell represented clients under criminal investigation by the DoJ and facing parallel proceedings brought by civil regulators and private plaintiffs. He conducted internal investigations on behalf of board committees of numerous public companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Tyco International, and Adelphia Communications, and he regularly represented corporate clients in related shareholder litigation and other complex civil litigation.

Prior to first joining Covington in 2001, he clerked for the Honorable Peter J. Messitte, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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