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Bill Baer Named DOJ Acting Associate Attorney General; Loretta Lynch Comments

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JusticeBill Baer, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department‘s antitrust division, has been appointed to serve as interim associate attorney general effective April 17.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement posted Monday Baer led the antitrust division in collecting a record $2.5 billion of fines in a case that involved several multinational financial institutions.

Loretta Lynch
Loretta Lynch

“Bill Baer is an extraordinary public servant, an outstanding attorney and a champion of all those who look to the law for empowerment and protection,” Lynch said.

“I could not imagine a better individual to fill Stuart Delery’s shoes as associate attorney general of the United States.”

Baer also previously worked at the Federal Trade Commission, Lynch noted.