Justice
Department's Criminal Division Names New No. 2
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[April 24, 2014]
By Aruna Viswanatha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Department
of Justice has named Marshall Miller as the new No. 2 official in its
criminal division, after a spate of departures thinned its top ranks,
according to an internal memo obtained on Wednesday.
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Miller, who was most recently chief of the criminal division at
the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn, is now the deputy head of
the 600-lawyer criminal division at department headquarters in
Washington, said a DoJ memo dated April 17.
The division, which is deep into closely-watched investigations of
the manipulation of interest rate benchmark as well as foreign
exchange rates, has been without a Senate-confirmed head for more
than a year and is still waiting for the Senate to vote on Leslie
Caldwell, Obama's pick to lead it.
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The division is also responsible for a range of high-profile
investigations, including into foreign bribery and anti-money
laundering violations.
Miller has been with the U.S. Attorney's office since 1999,
prosecuting terrorism and other cases.
"He's done a great job in Brooklyn," said John Buretta, Miller's
predecessor in the criminal division until last November when he
joined the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. "He's always trying to just be the backstop for everything, which
really makes him, for this job, perfect," Buretta said.
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Miller's appointment was first reported by The New York Times.
(Reporting by Aruna Viswanatha; editing by G. Crosse)
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