news from washington April 16, 2014 White House Lawyer to Join Latham’s White-Collar Team

BY Todd Ruger His departure from the White House comes amid turnover in legal advisers in Former White House special coun- the administration. Kathryn Ruemmler, sel Jonathan Su will join Latham & the White House counsel, intends to Watkins as a white-collar defense return to private practice this spring. litigator after a two-year stint in the Ruemmler hasn’t announced where she Obama administration. intends to work. Su advised the administration on Danielle Gray, who left the White congressional investigations, includ- House in January as Obama’s chief liai- ing the revelation that Secret Service son to his cabinet, will split her time agents hired prostitutes during a 2012 between O’Melveny’s offices in New presidential trip to Colombia. Su also York and Washington starting in May. worked on legal issues that arose from Karen Dunn, a former associate White the congressional investigation of House counsel, joined Boies, Schiller & U.S. General Services Administration Flexner as a partner in February. Former spending on conferences. White House adviser Ed Pagano in Su worked on litigation that direct- March joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer ly involved the White House, includ- & Feld to lobby Congress on issues that Jonathan Su ing the unresolved and politically con- include immigration and patent reform. tentious suit over the administration’s “When I was going to leave the White claims of executive privilege in the dis- House, I really didn’t consider any other pute over Operation Fast and Furious “Jonathan is an firm because I knew that this was the documents. Su got involved after the incredibly smart and place and a group of people, and a group House Committee on Oversight and of friends really, that I wanted to work Government Reform sued Attorney talented lawyer who I with,” Su said. General Eric Holder Jr. to obtain certain trusted to handle some Ruemmler, who previously worked documents about the controversial gun- at Latham, said in a written statement smuggling operation. of the most sensitive that Su has “great judgment, skill, and Su, a former assistant U.S. attorney matters in the finesse and—on top of all that—is a in Maryland for more than five years, “Jonathan is an incredibly smart and had his eyes on returning to Latham. White House” talented lawyer who I trusted to handle He had been an associate at the firm – Kathryn Ruemmler some of the most sensitive matters in and gained a mentor in Douglas the White House,” Ruemmler said. Greenburg, vice chairman of the firm’s Su will focus on counseling clients global litigation department. on compliance programs and policies Contact Todd Ruger at [email protected]. “It was a personal decision for me that to avoid government investigations. He On Twitter: @ToddRuger. after two years I’d handled a number of also intends to conduct internal inves- significant matters that it was the right tigations for companies and represent Reprinted with permission from the April 16, 2014 edition of THE NATIONAL time for me to make a change,” Su said them before the U.S. Department of LAW JOURNAL © 2014 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. For information, contact in an interview. Justice and regulatory agencies. 877-257-3382, [email protected] or visit www.almreprints.com. #005-05-14-02