Jeffrey H. Knox, former Chief of the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, departed the DOJ last week to join law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. As Chief of the Fraud Section, Knox led the DOJ’s prosecution of fraud cases including securities fraud, healthcare fraud, financial fraud and defense procurement fraud, as well as all Foreign Corrupt Practices Act criminal investigations and prosecutions in the United States.
