Patrick Fitzgerald (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)

NAFUSA member Patrick Fitzgerald said in a statement released Tuesday evening that he is on the legal team representing former FBI Director James Comey. He said he joined the representation in May 2017.

Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law School professor, and NAFUSA member David Kelley, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (2003-2005), are also on Comey’s legal team, according to a Comey associate.

David Kelley

Fitzgerald served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (2001-2012) and is now a partner in Chicago of the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom. Kelley is a partner in the New York office of Dechert LLP.