Representative Matters:

We represent clients who are under government investigation or who have been charged in criminal cases, as well as those alleged to have committed civil fraud. While many of our cases involve allegations of fraud, (e.g., wire fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, health care fraud, and tax fraud), we represent individuals facing all types of criminal charges, including sex crimes and violent crimes.

Below is a list of representative matters:

We list in this section a few of our cases where we either obtained a dismissal of the charges against our client or convinced prosecutors not to bring charges in the first place.

  • In a landmark decision, obtained the dismissal of the charges against our client, the CFO of KPMG (as well as his co-defendants) who was charged with the largest tax fraud in United States history for the sale of tax shelters through KPMG;
  • Obtained the dismissal of all charges against our client after proving to the prosecutors that the cooperating witness had committed perjury;
  • Obtained the dismissal of charges against our client accused of participating in an assault after co-defendants were all convicted at trial;
  • Obtained the dismissal of statutory rape charges against a 17-year-old boy;
  • Convinced federal prosecutors that our client, the owner of a brokerage firm, should not be charged with insider trading;
  • Convinced state prosecutors that our client, a young lawyer, should not be charged with rape;
  • Obtained the dismissal of charges of forcible touching against our client, a dentist;
  • Obtained the dismissal of charges against our client, who was charged with public benefits fraud in federal court; and
  • Convinced state prosecutors that our clients, the owner of a nursing home and the nursing home, should not be charged with homicide in connection with the death of a patient, because of prosecutorial misconduct in the grand jury.

  • Obtained an acquittal at a FINRA disciplinary hearing for a client accused of insider trading and then successfully defeated FINRA’s attempted appeal to the National Adjudicatory Council;
  • Obtained an acquittal on all charges for the president of a brokerage company charged with securities fraud and commercial bribery after a three -month trial in federal court;
  • Obtained an acquittal on all charges after a two-week trial for client who was charged in a police sting operation, on the basis of an entrapment defense;
  • Obtained an acquittal for a client charged with committing perjury after a month-long trial in state court;
  • Obtained an “unproven” verdict after a college hearing against a student accused of raping a fellow student;
  • With co-counsel, obtained an acquittal for a New York State Senator charged with health-care fraud and obtaining illegal campaign contributions after a three-month trial in state court;
  • With co-counsel, obtained an acquittal for a businessman charged with illegal campaign contributions to a United States Senator after a two-week trial in federal court in Puerto Rico.

In most cases where our clients plead guilty, we are able to obtain a sentence for the client that is below the recommended sentence or the sentencing guidelines. In addition, in cases where a client goes to trial because no reasonable plea offer was made, we are often able to obtain a sentence post-trial that is below the sentencing guidelines and well below the plea offer made by the government prior to trial. Representative cases include the following:

  • Client was charged by DOJ Antitrust with participating in a bid-rigging conspiracy in the municipal-bond-derivatives market. We negotiated a guilty plea to a single count and convinced the judge to impose a sentence more than five years below the sentencing guidelines;
  • Client was charged with money laundering in connection with the operation of a check-cashing business, with sentencing guidelines that would have been more than eight years. We negotiated a guilty plea to operating an unlicensed money-transmittal business with a sentencing guideline of five years. We then convinced the judge to impose a sentence of probation;
  • Client was charged with money laundering in connection with a sting operation in New Jersey. While represented by prior counsel, the client had pleaded client guilty to money laundering, with sentencing guidelines of five years. After a hearing, we convinced the judge that our client was disabled and had been taken advantage of by his co-defendants and therefore the judge sentenced the client to probation;
  • Client was charged with health-care fraud in connection with the operation nursing homes in Connecticut. With co-counsel, we negotiated a guilty plea with sentencing guidelines of eight years and then convinced the Judge to impose a sentence of less than three years;
  • Client was charged with defrauding banks on twelve separate mortgages, with sentencing guidelines that would have been 84 Months. We negotiated a guilty plea to one count of bank fraud, with sentencing guidelines of five years, and then convinced judge to impose a sentence of 24 months;
  • Client was charged with murder-for-hire in connection with a religious divorce. After obtaining evidence of wrongful conduct by the cooperating witness, we negotiated a guilty plea with a maximum sentence of five years, and then convinced the sentencing judge to impose a sentence of only two years;
  • Client, a former State Senator, went to trial and was convicted on one count, with a hung jury on multiple other counts. Prior to trial, the prosecutors had offered a plea with sentencing guidelines of more than five years. After trial, client was sentenced to three years; and
  • Client, a real estate developer, was charged with defrauding banks in connection with 40 mortgages. Prior to trial, the prosecutors offered a plea with sentencing guidelines of eight years. After trial, we obtained a sentence of 30 months.