Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Antitrust Division official Deirdre McEvoy joins Patterson Belknap, (Oct 8, 2013)

Deirdre A. McEvoy, former Chief of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, has become Counsel to Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, according to a recent announcement. Residing in the firm’s New York office, she will work in the Antitrust, Litigation, Complex Commercial Actions, and White Collar Defense and Investigations practice groups.

Under McEvoy’s leadership, the New York Field Office experienced unprecedented change, growth and development, according to the firm. McEvoy managed the Office’s first trials in close to a decade, resulting in a 100% conviction rate. The staff of 25 federal prosecutors and other legal staff that she managed handled primarily criminal antitrust enforcement matters, with a focus on cartel and other fraudulent conduct in financial markets.

Prior to heading the Field Office, she served for ten years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she spent three years as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. During her time in the Southern District, she successfully investigated and prosecuted a wide array of complex securities and commodities fraud offenses.

In 2010, McEvoy received a Prosecutor of the Year Award from the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation for the investigation and prosecution of securities fraud at a major international public company.

A graduate of Harvard College (B.A.) and Columbia Law School (J.D.), she served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Chester J. Straub in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to the Honorable Nina Gershon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Founded in 1919, Patterson Belknap is a law firm of more than 200 lawyers. It delivers a full range of services across more than 20 practice groups in both litigation and commercial law, from its New York City office.

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