September 12, 2023
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP is proud to announce that Michael D. Longyear has joined the firm as partner, after nearly seven years of public service as a federal prosecutor in New York City. Michael rejoins LSW following his service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...
August 18, 2023
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP is proud to have six lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers in America® and four lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® 2024 Editions. Congratulations to each on this heard-earned recognition of your work on behalf of our clients in the criminal defense and complex business litigation arenas....
August 4, 2023
LSW partner Gabi Friedman joined a group of distinguished white-collar practitioners on a panel sponsored by the ABA Criminal Justice Section at the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado to discuss a topic of increasing importance in white collar investigations– what happens when one law firm represents multiple witnesses in the same investigation? ...
July 28, 2023
Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP proudly announces that Douglass Maynard has joined the firm as our newest partner. At LSW Doug will work with corporate and individual clients, helping them resolve complex legal and business issues. He will represent clients in internal investigations, white collar and regulatory proceedings and civil litigation and pre-litigation disputes. In...
June 29, 2023
On June 29, 2023, LSW partner Jillian Berman joined distinguished practitioners Maria Cruz Melendez, Jeremy H. Temkin and Joon Kim at the Practising Law Institute’s annual Internal Investigations Program to address the fundamentals of conducting an effective and efficient corporate internal investigation. Program participants will learn best practices for: gathering documents; interviewing employees – current and former; addressing employee issues and obligations: advice, rights and...
June 16, 2023 — Law360
What does it mean to “use” another person’s identity in the context of a fraud? Does the federal identity theft enhancement apply anytime a fraud is committed where the scheme involves the use of another person’s name? Or does “identity theft” involve more than that? A two-year mandatory minimum prison sentence hangs in the balance....
June 10, 2023
The Legal 500 United States 2023 has recognized Lanker Siffert & Wohl LLP for legal excellence in Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals. The 2023 guide recognizes partners Jillian B. Berman, Gabrielle S. Friedman, Helen Gredd, John S. Siffert, Charles T. Spada and Frank H. Wohl as recommended lawyers in the white...
Chambers and Partners recognized Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP as a Band 1 firm in the category Litigation: Specialist Firms in White Collar Crime & Government Investigations in New York. We are proud to have received top marks from the colleagues and clients surveyed by Chambers this year. Chambers comments that LSW “has such versatile...
On May 23, 2023, LSW partner Jillian Berman moderated a fireside chat with U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero at the Women in White Collar Kickoff Reception to the 11th annual New York City Bar Association White Collar Crime Institute. Ms. Berman and Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero discussed current issues involving the CFTC, including enforcement priorities...
February 16, 2023 — Law360
In a contribution to the Law360 Expert Analysis column, John Siffert and Lise Rahdert propose that the low standard for mens rea in price-fixing cases that has been in place for the past 45 years should be reconsidered after two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, as well as the U.S. DOJ’s expansion of its enforcement...