NAFUSA member Preet Bharara joins Wilmer Hale.  Bharara served as US Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 2009-2017.  Bharara served as Assistant US Attorney for 5 years prior to leading the district. Since leaving the U.S. Attorney’s post, Bharara has served as a scholar-in-residence at New York University’s law school and hosted a weekly podcast called “Stay Tuned with Preet”, which features long-form interviews with prominent guests. WilmerHale said he plans to keep podcasting and will remain creative director of the podcast company Cafe, which was acquired by Vox Media last year.

Mr. Bharara said he expected his role to include a focus on issues of E.S.G., or environmental, social and governance. That area can include how companies treat employees, encourage diversity and equitable practices and battle climate change.

Bharara is a graduate of Columbia Law School and received his undergraduate from Harvard.