The Firm has defended law firms in civil litigation and arbitrations and represented lawyers and law firms both in federal and New York State criminal and regulatory and internal investigations. In civil litigation, our engagements have included cases alleging malpractice andfee-related claims. In government and internal investigations, we have represented lawyers in matters ranging from criminal investigations of alleged fraud, anti-money laundering and U.S. sanctions violations, to fraud allegations in state court, and potential violations of New York law relating to the State’s pension fund investments. We have also represented a law firm’s partners and an in-house lawyer as witnesses in federal criminal trials and before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, andrepresented an international financial institution’s former general counsel in a court-appointed monitor’s investigation.
