Bracewell has hired Dina McLeod, who was most recently the complex frauds and cybercrime unit chief at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). McLeod, who spent 11 years at the SDNY office, is joining Bracewell as a partner in the firm’s government enforcement and investigations group.
Bracewell’s Seth DuCharme told New York Law Journal Bracewell has been getting much busier in the white-collar defense space and said a heavy hitter like McLeod will help bolster the firm’s offerings to its existing clients while also fostering further growth.
“With Dina, I view her as what I would call a ‘fire and forget weapon’ in the sense that with her experience, she’s not going to need supervision,” DuCharme said. “And she’s excited by the liberty and opportunity that she has at Bracewell, not only to contribute to the practice that we have now and support the work that we’re doing, but to use it as a platform where she can build her own practice. I think she’s going to have really great opportunities there.”
