Damian
Williams
(Yuki
Iwamura/Bloomberg
via
Getty
Images)
Back
in
November,
Damian
Williams,
the
first
Black
person
to
lead
the
Southern
District
of
New
York,
announced
he’d
be
leaving
his
post
as
U.S.
Attorney.
Today,
he
announced
which
Biglaw
firm
had
retained
his
legal
talent.
And
Williams
is
back
to
where
it
all
began,
joining
Paul
Weiss,
where
he
started
his
career
as
an
associate.
“This
is
a
real
full-circle
moment
for
me,”
Williams
said
in
a
statement.
“It’s
an
honor
to
rejoin
the
firm
where
my
professional
journey
began.”
Of
course,
this
time
around,
he’ll
be
a
partner
at
Paul
Weiss.
During
his
time
at
S.D.N.Y.,
Williams
went
after
some
high-profile
folks
including
Senator
Bob
Menendez,
Ghislaine
Maxwell,
Sean
“P.
Diddy”
Combs,
New
York
City
Mayor
Eric
Adams,
former
New
York
City
Mayor
Rudy
Giuliani,
Sam
Bankman-Fried,
and
Archegos
Capital
Management
founder
Bill
Hwang.
As
noted
by
Bloomberg
Law,
the
litigation
department
Williams
joins
has
a
number
of
big-name
attorneys,
including
former
government
lawyers
like
former
Attorney
General
Loretta
Lynch
and
former
U.S.
Homeland
Security
Secretary
Jeh
Johnson.
Paul
Weiss
Chair
Brad
Karp
was
enthusiastic
about
the
firm’s
pick-up
saying,
“We
are
thrilled
to
welcome
Damian
back.”
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