Criminal Division head Kenneth Polite to leave DOJ
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-07-18T19:43:00
The head of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to depart the agency after a tenure highlighted by multiple policy changes intended to empower corporate chief compliance officers.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. will step down by the end of the month, a spokesman for the DOJ confirmed. Multiple media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, reported the impending departure of Polite for a planned return to a legal career.
Polite formerly worked at Morgan Lewis prior to joining the DOJ in 2021.
Related articles
-
News BriefEx-DOJ Criminal Division head Kenneth Polite to join Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin announced the appointment of Kenneth Polite Jr., former head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, as a partner and co-lead of the law firm’s white-collar government litigation and investigations practice.
-
News BriefPolite: Voluntary self-disclosure rising since DOJ policy changes
The Department of Justice has seen an uptick in self-reported potential misconduct by corporations since it increased incentives for voluntary disclosure, according to Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr.
-
PremiumGlenn Leon at CW2023: CCO experience driving DOJ’s compliance program evaluations
Glenn Leon, head of the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section, said “compliance is a very big area of focus” for the agency, during a fireside chat at Compliance Week’s 2023 National Conference.
More from Regulatory Policy
-
PremiumEU moves to simplify GDPR and AI Act obligations, raising compliance questions for companies
For the past decade, Europe has led in creating strong but flexible rules for data use and safe AI development. The EU’s new plans to simplify key data privacy and AI governance measures have received a mixed response.
-
News BriefSEC exam priorities for 2026 signal heightened focus on firmwide compliance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations released its 2026 examination priorities, which give companies a roadmap of areas of heightened risk and regulatory focus for next year.
-
ArticlePharma sector boom puts pressure on compliance to counter financial crime
Regulation is a matter of life and death in the pharmaceutical industry. Rules to combat practices that can kill have been in force for decades, but tech developments are rapidly creating new risks and focusing lawmakers’ attention on areas where some compliance teams may lack experience.