My former rugby teammate Patrick Fitzgerald stepping down as U.S. federal attorney in Chicago

Fitzgerald, the guy who nailed, among others, Rod Blagoyevich & “Scooter” Libby. BUT more importantly played rugby for the OMEX rugby club over 25 years ago. I last posted about him here – The Culture of Corruption – my friend Patrick Fitzgerald is onto it!

Here’s the latest on Pat‘s wiki & it’s pretty interesting. He doesn’t look much different then when he was playing rugby – bulked up a little –

Patrick Fitzgerald, one of the most feared U.S. attorneys in the nation and the architect of convictions against two Illinois governors and a former vice presidential aide, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from the post he has held for more than a decade in Chicago.

Mr. Fitzgerald has overseen thousands of criminal prosecutions and high-profile cases, including against Illinois Govs. Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan; former Vice President Dick Cheney’s top aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby; and media mogul Conrad Black. He took on public corruption, international terrorism, corporate fraud and organized crime.

He’s married now with two small children, soooo may be looking for a better-paying job?