Andrew Weissmann, the former head of the Enron Task Force who stepped down last year at the conclusion of the Task Force’s disastrous Enron Broadband trial, is joining the New York office of law firm Jenner & Block where he will specialize on internal corporate compliance and investigations, including representation before the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state and local authorities. Peter Lattman — whose WSJ Law Blog has quickly become one of my daily reads –comments on Weissmann’s hiring in the context of the New York legal scene here.
Meanwhile, as a result of Weissmann’s dubious prosecutions while leading the Task Force, four Merrill Lynch executives have unjustly had their careers destroyed and their personal freedom lost, and thousands of employees around the country lost their jobs as an American accounting icon was improperly prosecuted out of business.
That’s not the typical resumÈ that one would think would land a partnership at a prestigious law firm.