Our Cases

We believe that experience matters.

The firm has an extraordinary track record of handling complex financial investigations and successfully resolving high-stakes matters for over 30 years.

Recent Representations

After five years of work, in 2023 obtained dismissal of indictment lodged against an attorney in the EDNY for federal securities fraud.

The firm recently sued UBS and others for outrageous conduct by a UBS investment advisor. The advisor began an affair with a Trustee’s wife, also a UBS customer, inserted himself into their divorce process, demanded millions of dollars from the UBS customer/Trustee, and threatened the Trustee’s divorce counsel with physical harm. See Kallman, et. ano. v. UBS, et. al., Index No. 655193/2024 (N.Y. Cty. Supreme Court). The lawsuit was the subject of a lengthy article by Bloomberg published on March 19, 2025.

Highly successful representation of famed private school football coach and senior executive for improper termination. Settlement confidential.

Successful representation of Israeli national charged with hacking JP Morgan and world-wide credit card processing fraud.

2024, successful representation of defendant charged with insider trading in connection with Trump Media Group (TMTG) securities.

2024, successful representation of defendant charged with insider trading in connection with the purchase and sale of Kodak stock.

Successful representation of client in massive federal securities indictment alleging $500 million in losses. Obtained plea to state tax violation.

The firm represented a female deportable alien who had been sexually abused at Rikers Island. After resolving her multiple felony charges with misdemeanors so that she would not be deported, we sued the City of New York for her sexual abuse. After a multi-year legal battle in which we survived summary judgment with a landmark ruling on a Monell theory of liability against the City, see Jane Doe v. City of New York, 15 Civ. 117 (AJN)(Doc. 197), the City settled on the eve of trial in 2019. See also B. Colby Hamilton, Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault at Women’s Facility at Rikers Island Survives Summary Judgment, 260 N.Y.L.J. 1 (Dec. 19, 2018)

2022-2025, highly successful representation of Ukrainian national indicted for computer-based crimes.

2023-2024, led international investigation of European crypto-currency firm which had been hacked, customer account information stolen and resulting customer losses. No charges filed and malicious actors identified.

The firm represents several MCA companies and has expertise in the area.

In United States v. Alex Saavedra, 11 Civ. 6425 (AKH), the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Civil Division, brought a False Claims Act suit against a former Director of SEEDCO non- profit Workforce centers. The government had alleged thousands of false job placements and damages in the tens of millions of dollars. After a two-week trial in 2015, the jury returned a verdict of just 13 false placements and damages in the amount of $13,000. It was a victory for our client, an individual who had dedicated his life to non-profit work.

Representative White Collar Cases

Representative Criminal Defense Cases

Successful representation of New York area businessman charged with federal offenses related to his business. Charges dismissed.
Successful representation of individual in massive multi-year investigation of construction, government contract and union related offenses. No charges filed.
Successful representation of individual and his business in criminal tax investigation. No charges filed.
Successful representation of New York area businessmen in complex federal tax investigation. No charges filed.
Successful representation of hedge-fund and other individuals in connection with New York Attorney General’s investigation into the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
Successful representation of hedge-fund principal in market timing and late trading investigations brought by the SEC, the United States Attorneys' Office for the Southern District of New York and the New York Attorney General. No charges filed.
Successfully represented private equity investors in United States Department of Justice and United States Attorneys' Offices securities fraud investigations. No charges filed.
Successful representation of West Coast-based banker indicted in the Southern District of New York on bank fraud, wire fraud and other charges. Obtained dismissal of the indictment and case dismissed.
Successful representation of medical professional in New York Attorney General healthcare fraud investigation. No charges filed.
Representation of a number individuals and entities investigated and or charged with no-fault Medicaid and Medicare fraud offenses, medical clinic offenses, cash transaction violations.
Successful representation of senior United States Customs Service official under investigation by the Southern District of New York. No charges brought.
Successful representation of IRS Revenue Officer investigated by the United States Attorney's Office and the Inspector General.
Successful representation of attorney in high profile not-for-profit grand jury investigation.
Successful representation of company and its principal in a multi-year environmental investigation of asbestos abatement and disposal. No charges brought.
Successful representation of CEO and other senior executives of a Fortune 1000 public company in SEC insider-trading investigation. No action brought.
Represented former AIG corporate officers in SEC and New York Attorney General accounting irregularities investigation.
Successful representation of corporate attorney investigated for insider trading by the SEC. No action brought against attorney.
Represented officer and director of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., and employees in civil litigation brought by AIG.
Represented senior executive and accountants in the New York County District Attorney's investigation of former Tyco CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, and others.
Represented individuals in connection with the Congressional and United States Attorneys' Office investigation into President William J. Clinton's pardon of Mark Rich in 2000.
Successful representation of business owners in union, bribery, construction/contractor fraud investigations and prosecutions.
Successful representation of individual indicted in two districts for an $800 million telecommunications and internet fraud.
Successful representation of extradited foreign national charged with exporting aircraft parts to Iran.

Successful representation of President and CEO of major league professional sports team charged with assault and other charges. All charges dismissed.
Successful representation of individual in federal multi-defendant trial alleging extortion and bid-rigging. Client was acquitted after six-month trial.
Represented lead defendant in four-month trial charged with murders, murder conspiracies, kidnapping, extortion and gambling. Defendant was acquitted of all charges save for one extortion and one gambling charge.
Successful representation of individual indicted by the United States Attorney’s office for murder, arson and other charges and facing life imprisonment. The firm conducted a multi-year investigation and proved that the individual was framed. We obtained dismissal of the murder and arson charges and our client served little time.
Successful representation of alleged high-ranking organized crime member charged with murder, extortion and other offenses. The firm conducted the first hearing held in the Southern District of New York on the admissibility of lie detector test results in the federal courts. The murder charges were dismissed.
Successful representation of individual charged by the United States Attorney’s Office with possession of child pornography. Obtained a deferred prosecution.
Successful appellate representation of businessman convicted of federal child pornography charges. Firm brought successful post-conviction litigation and obtained a 5-year reduction in his sentence. Individual released from custody weeks later.
Successful representation of client charged with money laundering, fraud, cash transaction offenses.
Successful representation of individual in massive multi-year investigation of construction, government contract and union related offenses. No charges filed.
In post-conviction proceedings, the firm exposed high-level corruption in the FBI with respect to its use of a top-level confidential informant. Our work led to the district court setting aside the murder conviction (it was later reinstated in the appellate courts) and to widely publicized revelations about the improper use of confidential informants by the FBI.
Successful representation of individual charged with murder conspiracy and gun possession in lengthy, multi-defendant trial. Defendant acquitted.
Successful representation of client charged with extortion and other offenses in large, multi-defendant organized crime prosecution in the Eastern District of New York.
Successful representation of client charged with multiple murders and related offenses.
The firm was appointed by then Federal District Judge Sonia Sotomayor (now a United States Supreme Court Justice) to represent defendant charged in one of the first federal death penalty prosecutions brought in the Southern District of New York. The firm served as lead counsel in hearings held to contest the validity of the prosecution.