Washington’s demands and left office in June 2020 after a standoff with then-Attorney General William Barr over investigations into Trump’s allies. Williams said Berman promoted him and 'when the hour demanded true courage and independence and a demonstration of what it means to be a Southern District of New York prosecutor, he showed all of America what that means.'" Return to private life In December 2020, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson announced that Berman was joining the firm to head its white-collar defense, regulatory enforcement and investigations practice. In September 2022, Berman published a memoir, Holding the Line: Inside the Nation’s Preeminent US Attorney’s Office and its Battle with the Trump Justice Department. In it he describes numerous instances in which he says the Justice Department took politically motivated actions, such as suppressing investigations into Trump's allies or demanding investigations into people considered Trump's enemies. As one example, he says that in September 2018 a senior Justice Department official told Berman's deputy that because the Southern District had pursued prosecution of two Trump loyalists, the office should issue charges against a prominent Democratic lawyer "to even things out", and should do so before Election Day. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans to investigate Berman's allegations that the Justice Department during the Trump administration made politically-influenced decisions to initiate criminal investigations against some people and block them against others. Notable civil cases and criminal prosecutions announced by Berman Works References External links 20th-century American lawyers Assistant United States Attorneys Living people New Jersey lawyers People from Princeton, New Jersey People from Trenton, New Jersey Stanford Law School alumni Trump administration personnel United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni 1959 births Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni