Prosecutor leaves L.A. federal office
A member of the prosecution team that won guilty pleas from class-action lawyer William Lerach and two of his ex-partners has left the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, returning to private practice after five years.
Robert J. McGahan, 44, is now a partner in the L.A. office of Goodwin Procter, a Boston-headquartered firm with 850 lawyers nationwide. He will focus on white-collar crime and government investigations.
McGahan’s last day as a prosecutor was Feb. 11, the day Lerach was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a kickback scheme to pay plaintiffs who agreed to lend their names to class-action lawsuits.
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