Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Elkan Abramowitz

Elkan Abramowitz

Hall of fameMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.

Elkan Abramowitz is a leading white collar criminal defense lawyer experienced in handling civil and criminal matters in state and federal court for individual and corporate clients. He has built his career as a trial lawyer representing prestigious clients who have fallen into high stakes personal and professional crises both in and outside the courtroom. Elkan is the recipient of the 1999 Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy presented by the Office of the Appellate Defender. In 2008, he was honored with the New York Council of Defense Lawyers’ Norman S. Ostrow award for the defense of liberty and the preservation of individual rights. More recently, Elkan received the New York Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Marc E. Kasowitz

Hall of fameKasowitz Benson Torres LLP

Antitrust Litigation; Banking and Capital Markets Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Financial Products Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Recovery; International Disputes and Cross Border Litigation; Investigations and White Collar Defense; Mass Tort, Toxic Tort and Product Liability Litigation; Plaintiffs' Litigation; Real Estate and Hotel Litigation; Securities Litigation; State Attorneys General Practice

Abbe Lowell

Abbe Lowell

Hall of fameWinston & Strawn LLP

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/lowell-abbe-david.html Abbe David Lowell is one of the country’s foremost white collar defense and trial lawyers. He has tried civil and criminal cases before judges and juries in more than a dozen states, argued numerous appeals before courts that include the U.S. Supreme Court, led complex international investigations, and navigated clients through congressional and administrative proceedings, often under the glare of media scrutiny. Abbe served as Chief Minority Counsel to the House of Representatives during the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. He also previously served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General and Special Counselor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Dan Webb

Dan Webb

Hall of fameWinston & Strawn LLP

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/webb-dan-k.html#full-bio Dan Webb, co-executive chairman of Winston & Strawn, is one of the most distinguished and sought-after trial lawyers in the United States. He has tried more than 100 jury cases involving a wide variety of claims and been named a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Notably, Dan achieved international acclaim for his successful prosecution of retired Admiral John Poindexter in the Iran-Contra Affair. He served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and has served in special prosecutor or similar roles on several occasions, including for the successful prosecution of actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago, for which he was named Am Law’s “Litigator of the Week” in December 2021.

Barry Berke

Hall of fameKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

John Keker

Hall of fameKeker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

Next Generation Partners: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Edward Diskant

Edward Diskant

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Edward (Ted) Diskant is a former federal prosecutor who leverages his background overseeing some of the most high-profile criminal matters brought by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to help companies and individuals navigate a wide range of white-collar, litigation and regulatory enforcement matters. Ted is routinely hired to lead sensitive internal investigations and respond to government inquiries, with a particular focus on matters involving the False Claims Act (FCA), the anti-bribery laws including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), wire fraud, healthcare fraud, money laundering and the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/edward-b-diskant/

Next Generation Partners: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Ilan Graff

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Partner

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Mark Filip

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mark represents some of the largest financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies in varied industries in complex civil litigation (including MDL and class action cases), criminal matters, internal investigations, and corporate integrity matters. He has extensive experience in court and advising boards of directors. Mark is also a member of the Kirkland Executive Management Committee.

Suzanne Jaffe Bloom

Suzanne Jaffe Bloom

Winston & Strawn LLP

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/bloom-suzanne-jaffe.html Suzanne Bloom is a former federal prosecutor (SDNY and EDNY) who is consistently recognized as one of New York’s top lawyers in white collar criminal defense and government investigations and described as “exceptionally smart and tenacious” and “an outstanding strategist and a great trial lawyer.” (Chambers USA 2018) Suzanne is a dedicated advocate for her clients, who benefit from her wealth of government experience. Suzanne’s keen insights, strategic acumen, and ability to mount vigorous defenses allow her to achieve her clients’ goals in a highly effective manner, at times preventing government charges or claims from being filed in the first instance.

Aaron Marcu

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

A partner in Freshfields’ litigation group, Aaron focuses on white collar defense and regulatory enforcement investigations, and related civil litigation. He also conducts internal corporate investigations and advises boards of directors, audit committees and special committees on sensitive matters involving possible misconduct by corporate personnel.

Joon Kim

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

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Stephen Braga

Bracewell LLP

Stephen Braga chairs the firm’s national Government Enforcement & Investigations practice. He has over 35 years of experience representing individuals and companies in criminal and civil matters before trial and appellate courts throughout the United States.

Reed Brodsky

Reed Brodsky

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Reed Brodsky is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office. Mr. Brodsky is co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Crisis Management, Securities Enforcement and White Collar Defense and Investigations Groups. Reed is a nationally recognized trial lawyer in criminal and civil cases. He is known for high-profile white collar wins (U.S. v. Raj Rajaratnam; U.S. v. Rajat Gupta); and high-profile trials, Chevron v. Donziger (2013), AlixPartners v. Thompson (2014), Lavastone v. Coventry First (2015), SEC v. Patriarch Partners/Lynn Tilton (2016); PFM v. Theranos (2017); United States v. Greebel (2017). He focuses on trials, white collar, securities enforcement, investigations, and commercial litigation.

Steven Molo

MoloLamken LLP

Steven Molo, one of the country’s leading courtroom advocates, is a founding partner of the national litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP. He represents corporations, boards, funds, investors, inventors, and individuals in complex business litigation, white collar criminal matters, and IP litigation. His client base is international.

Mary Mulligan

Mary Mulligan

Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP

Mary Mulligan is co-head of Friedman Kaplan’s white collar criminal defense practice. Over the course of her more than 30-year career, she has handled matters involving virtually all aspects of white collar crime and internal investigations. She has been described by the New York Law Journal as a “heavy hitter” in the white collar defense bar and is renowned for her work handling high-profile cases for clients and significant, confidential matters resolved behind the scenes which are not publicized. Today, she represents clients in the financial services and other industries in connection with allegations of money laundering, insider trading, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, criminal antitrust violations, securities fraud, tax fraud, off-label marketing, False Claim Act violations, mail and wire fraud, Federal Election Campaign Act violations, public corruption, healthcare fraud, and other matters. She has also served as an integrity counsel to a hedge fund and as a monitor in the construction industry, and handles a variety of matters involving institutions of higher education, including advising on governance, intellectual property, Title IX issues, allegations of sexual assault and abuse, conducting internal investigations, and responding to local, state, and federal inquiries.

Stephen Juris

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Mr. Juris has extensive experience litigating complex commercial disputes and representing corporate and individual clients in connection with government investigations and regulatory enforcement matters. Mr. Juris has represented clients in sophisticated commercial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts, and has also conducted internal investigations across a diverse range of industries.

Charles Spada

Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP

Charlie represents individuals and organizations in complex business and financial litigation, regulatory enforcement, and white collar criminal matters. Over the course of more than two decades at LSW, he has successfully handled complex litigation before federal and state trial courts and appellate courts, as well as investigations involving the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the offices of various district attorneys and attorneys general, and other regulatory agencies.A wide range of clients—from corporations and financial institutions to boards of directors, special committees, chief executive officers, chief financial officers, general counsels, compliance officers, traders, portfolio managers, public accountants, lawyers, theatrical production companies, celebrities and Tony Award-winning directors and artists—have relied on Charlie for representation in their most sensitive and high-profile matters. His litigation and investigatory experience cuts across a broad array of industries, including investment and commercial banking (loan syndications and participations), securities and derivatives (sales and trading), investment advisors, hedge funds, private equity, mutual funds, accounting, law, technology (software and hardware), intellectual property licensing, arts and entertainment, tax (corporate and individual income/sales tax), financial news and media, advertising, commercial and municipal bond insurance, oil and gas, industrial chemicals, health care, consumer products, commercial real estate, construction, government and government contracting, education, and nonprofit corporations. In addition, Charlie frequently advises companies and their boards on corporate governance and compliance matters.

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