Another Prosecutor from Elite Enron Task Force Joins Morgan Lewis

San Francisco, January 26, 2005: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP announced today that John H. Hemann, previously with United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, will be joining Morgan Lewis in San Francisco as a partner in the litigation group.  He joins recent hires Leslie Caldwell, the former head of the Enron Task Force and former director of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco, and Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, also of the U.S. Attorney's office and Department of Justice Antitrust Division, to bolster the firm's outstanding Corporate Investigations and Criminal Defense practice.

Mr. Hemann joins Morgan Lewis after 10 years with the United States Department of Justice, having served most recently on the special task force created by the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute criminal conduct associated with the Enron corporate scandal. As part of the Enron Task Force, Mr. Hemann prosecuted former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow.

Prior to his work with the Enron Task Force, Mr. Hemann served as an Assistant United States Attorney for more than eight years. During that time, he tried approximately 20 criminal and civil cases, and briefed and argued many appeals in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hemann has tried five criminal securities fraud cases to juries, obtaining guilty verdicts in each. He also prosecuted public corruption offenses, obtaining convictions of the former mayor of East Palo Alto and a high-ranking San Francisco Housing Authority executive. His experience with the U.S. Attorney's Office also includes the prosecution of civil fraud cases, including one of the most significant HUD fraud cases in the country, and the defense of civil employment and tort actions filed against federal agencies and employees.

Mr. Hemann has been honored with awards such as the U.S. Department of Justice Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (2002), U.S. Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance in Affirmative Civil Litigation (1998), HUD Inspector General's Award (1997). He was identified by the American Lawyer in May 2003 as one of 11 top federal prosecutors in the United States.

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