Breon Peace, Ex-Brooklyn US Attorney, Rejoins Cleary Gottlieb

Breon Peace is rejoining the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as co-leader of the firm’s litigation group after spending four years as the Brooklyn US attorney overseeing one of the largest prosecutor offices in the country.

At the Eastern District of New York, Peace brought an array of high-profile cases. Those include the fraud case against former US Representative George Santos, the indictment of Gautam Adani and the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker for his role in the looting of Malaysian fund 1MDB.