Ousted federal prosecutor hired by New York law firm

Geoffrey Berman, the ousted U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, will be joining a New York-based law firm. Berman was hired by New York-based law firm Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, the law firm said in a statement on Tuesday. The Justice Department announced on June 19 that the former prosecutor had stepped down. Berman refuted that claim the same day, making it clear that he had not resigned. Attorney General…