Eastern District of Pennsylvania Interim U.S. Attorney Michael Levy made several changes to his office’s leadership yesterday, less than a month after he replaced Laurie Magid, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today.

Michael Levy (DOJ)

Magid abruptly resigned a month before her 120-day interim appointment was about to expire. She was reportedly not going to be reappointed by a district court amid controversy over a Justice Department Inspector General investigation into her fund raising activities for former Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan, and a negative DOJ review of her management. Levy was promoted from his post as Computer-Crimes Unit Chief after her resignation.

The Inquirer reported that Levy promoted the following six Assistant U.S. Attorneys:

-Virginia Gibson

New Post: First Assistant

Old Post: Civil Division Chief

Joined Office: 1986

-Peter F. Schenck

New Post: Criminal Division Chief

Old Post: Commercial and Consumer Fraud Section Head

Joined Office: 1979

-Richard Zack

New Post: Commercial and Consumer Fraud Section Head

-Taylor Aspinwall

New Post: Criminal Division Deputy Chief for White-Collar Crime

Old Post: Violent-Crime and Counterterrorism Section Deputy Chief

-Stephen A. Miller

New Post: Violent-Crime and Counterterrorism Section Deputy Chief

-Albert S. Glenn

New Post: Computer-Crimes Unit Chief

Levy also said Linda Dale Hoffa, who led the criminal division, will work on Senate Judiciary crime and drugs subcommittee for Chair Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), The Inquirer reported.

Yesterday afternoon, Senate Republicans cleared the way for Democrats on the Judiciary Committee to create a new subcommittee for Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), reports Roll Call.  The GOP Conference voted to install Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.) as the ranking member on the new Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law that Durbin has requested.  

We reported a couple weeks ago that Durbin had, out of the goodness of his heart, given up his prized Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) after he switched to the Democratic Party.  Specter’s first hearing as chair of the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs will be this afternoon.  The subcommittee will formally be created at the full committee’s Thursday business meeting.