Bracewell welcomed Jason Richman, who joined as a partner in the government enforcement and investigations group. Richman comes to Bracewell after serving at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he co-led the office’s National Security and International Narcotics Unit.
While at SDNY, Richman supervised one of the most high-profile prosecutions in the country, the United States’ narcoterrorism conspiracy case against ousted Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
In joining the firm, Richman told the New York Law Journal that he “felt the Bracewell culture, the pervasive sense of people working together and rowing the boat in the same direction and having a team, while also getting some autonomy to sort of figure things out on my own and grow my own practice” was the selling point of returning to private practice.
Seth DuCharme, chair of Bracewell’s government enforcement and investigations practice, added that he wanted Richman in the group based on his experience with white collar and national security matters, as well as his export controls and sanctions evasion work.