Peter L. Cooch serves as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Appeals & Accountability in the National Fraud Enforcement Division, where he oversees the Appellate, Corporate Enforcement, Asset Recovery, and Special Matters Sections. He joined the division in April 2026. Before that, he was a federal prosecutor in DOJ's Criminal Division. Most recently he served as Senior Counsel in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General, where he helped leadership manage the Criminal Division's fraud, money laundering, and appellate portfolios and develop its white-collar enforcement policies. As a Trial Attorney in the FCPA Unit of the White Collar and Corporate Enforcement Section, he investigated and prosecuted bribery, fraud, and money laundering offenses. He also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland, handling gun, drug, and white-collar cases. Before joining the Department, he was an associate in the white-collar defense group of an international law firm in Washington, D.C. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and his undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business.