Herrick Beefs Up White Collar Defense Practice
Herrick is significantly strengthening its White Collar Defense Practice with the arrival of partner Steven D. Feldman.
Steven will play a lead role in building this growing practice area. Prior to joining Herrick, Steven spent more than six years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he served in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, as well as in the General Crimes Unit and the Narcotics Unit. During Steven’s four years as a member of the Securities Unit, he investigated and prosecuted cases under the federal securities laws, including hedge fund frauds, accounting fraud, insider trading, fraudulent offerings of securities and commodities, market manipulation and broker bribery, private placement frauds, and boiler room schemes—often while coordinating parallel proceedings with the SEC, CFTC and court-appointed receivers.
In addition to his work in the Securities Unit, Steven investigated and prosecuted extortion, bank fraud, public corruption, identity theft, and copyright cases. He also handled complex sentencing, forfeiture and restitution proceedings. Steven tried numerous criminal cases that resulted in guilty verdicts for the government, and briefed and successfully argued appeals before the Second Circuit.
Steven graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the law review and was selected to the Order of the Coif. After graduation, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Thomas P. Griesa of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Following his clerkship, he spent three years at a litigation boutique firm in Manhattan, Orans, Elsen & Lupert, which he left in December of 2001 to join the U.S. Attorney’s office.
White Collar Defense:
Herrick defends institutions and individuals in white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement actions. Our team includes former federal and state prosecutors, state public defenders and SEC and NASD trial and enforcement attorneys, so we know what it takes to defend both criminal cases and regulatory enforcement actions. We represent audit committees and boards of directors of public and private companies in independent internal criminal and regulatory investigations. We also counsel clients to ensure their compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the operation of their businesses.
Today, federal and state law enforcement efforts focus directly on businesses. Grand jury and regulatory investigations into companies are common, and subjects and witnesses need experienced counsel. Clients can rely on Herrick for the experience and judgment critical to their success.
If trial is necessary, we are skilled and tenacious advocates. We are trial defense counsel in complex white collar and regulatory cases, and are accomplished appellate attorneys.
Internal Compliance
As a preventive measure to avoid misconduct, Herrick helps clients structure internal compliance programs that deter and detect misconduct by employees, customers and third parties. Clients will benefit from our experience in Sarbanes-Oxley, USA Patriot Act, and Bank Secrecy Act issues, as well as all other federal and state statutes. We also prepare programs to help insulate clients from potential liability.
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Founded in 1928, Herrick is a prominent 185-lawyer firm providing a full range of legal services to businesses and individuals around the world. Based in New York City, we also have offices in Newark and Princeton, NJ. Herrick strives to provide our clients with excellent and practical legal advice that is attentive to cost and time sensitivities. We combine broad legal expertise with an innovative but common-sense approach to solving our clients’ problems and achieving their goals.
