Former U.S. Attorney for WDTX Lands at Husch Blackwell

Gregg Sofer, former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, joined the white collar practice at Husch Blackwell as a partner this week. He will work in the firm’s Austin and Washington, D.C. offices. Sofer is the firm’s third U.S. attorney recruit this year, following Tim Garrison of the Western District of Missouri in April and Jeff Jensen of the Eastern District of Missouri in January. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining Husch,” Sofer said. “It is a firm on the rise, and it is growing in the areas in which I practice and with people that I respect and know well. Jeff [Jensen] has assembled a very impressive group of people.”Prior to entering private practice, Sofer gained three decades of experience as a prosecutor. He has worked in the New York County District Attorney’s Office, the Criminal and National Security Divisions of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.“[Gregg] is known as one of the best trial lawyers in the country and is very well respected by the DOJ and U.S. Attorney’s offices across the country. He is a tremendous leader and aggressive litigator” said Jensen, who now leads Husch Blackwell’s white…