After getting caught up in a personnel dispute linked to the resignation of U.S. Attorney Todd Gilbert in August, an assistant U.S. attorney stepped aside Friday to take a job for a Roanoke law firm.

Zachary Lee, whose earlier service as second-in-command at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia reportedly irked the administration of President Donald Trump, will start next week as a partner at Gentry Locke.

“As I make my transition from a career in public service to the private sector, I could think of no firm I’d rather join than Gentry Locke,” Lee said in a statement the large practice released to The Roanoke Times early Sunday.

“I am honored to join their well-regarded White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance practice and advance the extraordinary r

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