Boyd M. Johnson III, who most recently served as Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, recently joined WilmerHale.  As Deputy U.S. Attorney, Johnson managed multiple high-profile matters, including the largest crackdown on hedge fund insider trading in U.S. history; the criminal prosecutions and civil forfeiture proceedings related to the Bernard Madoff fraud; and the investigation and prosecution of individuals and entities responsible for structuring and promoting international tax shelters.  For more on tax shelters, see “IRS Enhancing Its Scrutiny of Tax Shelter Disclosures by Hedge Funds,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Feb. 3, 2011).