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Brian Lawrence Schwalb
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After leaving the department of justice, Schwalb formed Schwalb, Donnenfeld & Schwalb, a boutique law firm. In 2005, he joined Venable LLP, an international law firm where he served as vice chairman of the firm for four years and subsequently, was partner-in-charge of the home office in D.C.
In 2023, Schwalb began investigating the political funding networks of Leonard Leo and Arabella Advisors.
In March 2025, Schwalb dropped the lawsuit his predecessor, Karl Racine, had initiated against the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys for their participation in the events that unfolded at the capitol on January 6, 2021, explaining that the resources of the office of the attorney general would be more productive if applied to other issues.
On September 4, 2025, Schwalb filed their suit against military deployment to the district.Whitehurst, Lindsay, The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, Associated Press, September 4, 2025
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