United States Attorney Matt will join the Dallas branch of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal as the managing partner in the rapidly growing firm. He'll also be the chair of the firm's government litigation and investigations group, which will be in the firm's offices worldwide. The group will deal with clients who have issues with governmental regulatory agencies.

Orwig says he began looking for a job with a private firm prior to the controversy involving the Department of Justice and eight U.S. Attorneys who claim they were removed for political reasons.

He says the move to a private firm is the best decision for his family.

"I have two children in college with a third soon to join them," Orwig told KFDM News in a telephone conversation Friday afternoon. "A move to private practice was inevitable."

Orwig officially took office as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas on January 13, 2002.