White Collar

Criminal Defense

 

We zealously defend companies and individuals in federal and state criminal prosecutions across the country. Our strong relationships across the aisle at prosecutor’s offices and regulatory bodies give us credibility in advocating for our clients and a deep understanding of how prosecutors and regulators operate. We stay singularly focused on winning the best outcomes for our clients—and we have the results to prove it. We have won countless positive outcomes, including declinations by the government, deferred prosecution decisions, downgraded charges, and non-incarceratory sentences. We have deep experience defending clients from investigation through trial and appeal, in cases involving allegations of securities fraud, public corruption, insider trading, FCPA violations, gambling and RICO, money laundering, sanctions violations, theft of trade secrets and more.

Criminal Defense Experience:

  • Defending clients in numerous federal criminal matters, including charges of securities and wire fraud, money laundering, FCPA violations, gambling and RICO charges, narcotics offenses, antitrust violations, and theft of trade secrets.

  • Securing the release of a former Trump Organization lawyer, who was remanded to jail in violation of the First Amendment for refusing to stop writing a tell-all book about the President.

  • Secured cooperation agreements to provide government with significant information in connection with mass marketing fraud.

  • Extensive efforts on behalf of market participants in the digital currency industry.

  • Advocating on behalf of subjects and witnesses in ongoing government investigations.

  • Representing numerous individuals investigated for and charged with violating insider trading and other securities laws.

  • Representing numerous clients, including current and former employees of major financial institutions, in criminal tax investigations.

  • Defending an overseas client charged with sprawling multi-national bribery allegations.

  • Litigating novel challenges to the use of wiretaps in insider trading prosecution.

  • Representing a client with respect to a subpoena for records issued by the FBI in connection with potential fraud related to the alleged forgery of fine art.

  • Obtaining a misdemeanor gambling charge and sentence of probation for a client originally accused of criminal RICO and crimes of violence.

  • Representing numerous clients in response to grand jury and third-party subpoenas.

  • Moving for reduced sentences for numerous clients under the First Step Act and the CARES Act.