The WaPo political blog has important updates about the staffing of Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli’s office.
It appears Ken has made some good choices, picking people with significant legal experience. Perhaps most significant for the FCA/qui tam world is Cuccinelli’s selection of Steve Buck–who spent the last three years as Section Chief of the Health Care Fraud Section of the OAG–to head up Public Safety and Enforcement.
Charles E. James will serve as Chief Deputy–James has been a partner at Williams Mullen, as well as a federal prosecutor, and has handled numerous appeals. Duncan Getchell will fill the Solicitor General’s role–as the former chair of the appellate practice group at McGuireWoods, he is no doubt well-qualified.
This is by any measure a very qualified legal team–now let’s see what happens.