Cravath Announces New Investigations Counsel

On September 12, 2017, Evan Norris (J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., Columbia University) joined Cravath as Counsel in the Litigation Department’s Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense Group. Based in the Firm’s New York office, Mr. Norris will focus on advising clients with respect to government and internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, regulatory compliance and related civil litigation.

Prior to joining Cravath, Mr. Norris served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York from 2007 to 2017. Throughout his tenure, he held a number of leadership positions and handled a range of cases. Most recently, Mr. Norris served as the Director of the Department of Justice’s Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Task Force and lead prosecutor of the FIFA case, spearheading a global investigation of corruption in the business of professional soccer.