Institutions and individuals confronting all phases of criminal matters from investigation through trial and on appeal turn to the firm s white collar criminal defense team, which has earned a national reputation for its trial expertise and legal acumen. In addition, we have extensive experience in counseling clients on preventive measures such as corporate compliance programs and in conducting internal investigations. Our clients draw on the counsel of a team that includes former senior federal prosecutors, including the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, trial lawyers from the Federal Defender's Office of several districts, counsel for Congressional committees and two Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. We regularly represent issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisors, and professionals in SEC, CFTC, NYSE, AMEX and NASD proceedings and have broad experience in defending clients in other federal and state administrative enforcement proceedings, as well as in Congressional inquiries.
Representative matters reflect the diversity of our clients and cases.
For example, we have successfully represented numerous securities industry clients, including Salomon Brothers in the federal criminal and SEC investigations of U.S. Treasury auction bidding practices, and Kidder Peabody in connection with the Wall Street insider trading scandal. In both instances, we persuaded the U.S. Government not to bring criminal charges. We successfully represented a high ranking investment banker from a major broker dealer firm in the SEC's Orange County investigation, whom the Commission determined not to charge with any wrongdoing. We persuaded the Government not to charge an investment banker at another major firm in connection with the federal criminal investigation of yield burning in the municipal bond industry. We also represented institutions and individuals in the investigations of Drexel Burnham, including Drexel customers and a high-ranking former Drexel executive, none of whom was ultimately charged by the government.