20-05-2025
Ex-White House lawyer acquitted in Ukraine case joins law firm Foley Hoag
May 20 (Reuters) - A former top Obama-era White House lawyer who was acquitted at trial in 2019 on charges that he lied to federal authorities about lobbying work for Ukraine has joined law firm Foley Hoag in Washington.
Gregory Craig joined Foley Hoag's litigation and investigations group as a senior counsel, the firm said on Tuesday, and will handle matters involving constitutional litigation, executive authority, higher education and international law.
Craig, who was a partner at Skadden Arps until 2018 and a prominent member of Washington's legal and political circles before his prosecution, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Federal prosecutors in 2019 charged Craig with lying about the scope of legal-related work he performed in 2012 for Ukraine while at Skadden. Craig at the time called the charges "unprecedented and unjustified." A jury in D.C. found him not guilty in 2019.
Craig in the 1990s was one of President Bill Clinton's lead lawyers in his Senate impeachment trial. Clinton was acquitted on perjury and obstruction charges.
He later served as President Barack Obama's first White House counsel in 2009, arriving at the top post from law firm Williams & Connolly. At the White House, he played a lead role in the nomination and confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Boston-founded Foley Hoag, with more than 350 lawyers across the country, was among the largest firms that signed a court brief denouncing the Trump administration's efforts to punish some law firms.
The firm represents, opens new tab a coalition of nonprofit organizations that in March sued the Environmental Protection Agency over the Trump administration's move to end a $2 billion award benefiting family housing.
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