Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced Monday the hiring of a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California as a partner in its white collar, compliance and investigations practice out of San Diego.

Andrew "Drew" Galvin moves to Barnes & Thornburg after nearly a decade working in the Southern District of California. Now with the firm's white collar, compliance and investigations practice, he is the fourth former assistant U.S. attorney to join the firm's San Diego office since 2019. The practice now has nearly 30 former federal prosecutors.

"White collar criminal prosecutions are top of mind for the Department of Justice as it continues to ramp up its fraud enforcement efforts," Randy Brown, chair of the firm's litigation department, said in a statement. "Drew's previous experience as a federal prosecutor gives our clients an inside look into how the agency handles these investigations and the cases that will invariably be brought."

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