Gregory J. O'Connell |

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Gregory J. O’Connell has tried over twenty criminal federal jury trials in addition to numerous state trials, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. He has briefed and argued over twenty appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. His three decades of experience includes counseling corporations and individuals in white collar and corporate criminal defense, complex civil cases and internal investigations. He has represented senior executives and officers of public companies, financial advisers and brokers, investment bankers, public officials, medical professionals, attorneys and accountants in federal and state proceedings and investigations, including proceedings before United States Attorneys’ Offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASD, FINRA, the New York State Attorney General and regulatory agencies. His cases have involved alleged securities fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, mail and wire fraud, tax offenses, antitrust, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, accounting fraud and public corruption.

Mr. O’Connell graduated from Villanova University and St. John’s University School of Law, where he served as publications editor of the Law Review. Mr. O’Connell next served as a law clerk for the late Honorable Thomas J. Meskill, in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. After his clerkship, Mr. O’Connell became an associate of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett specializing in complex civil litigation and then an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Senior Trial Counsel and Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime & Racketeering Section, he successfully tried and argued a number of high profile cases, including prosecutions of the bosses of the Luchese and Genovese crime families. He received, among other honors, the Attorney General’s Award for Superior Performance and several commendations for Outstanding Service, including a Special Achievement Award for Sustained Superior Performance.

Mr. O’Connell has successfully handled many complex and sensitive cases, including matters involving national security that required top secret clearance. Some notable matters include:

Representation of the principal owner of a major real estate development corporation in a bank and mortgage fraud investigation.
Representation of the chief operating officer of a commercial bank in a federal bank fraud investigation.
Representation through acquittal on principal charges of a physician in a federal Medicare fraud case.
Representation of numerous specialists and floor clerks of the New York Stock Exchange through successful disposition or dismissal of Department of Justice and New York Stock Exchange securities investigations.
Representation of investment bankers, analysts, and stock brokers in numerous SEC and DOJ securities fraud investigations.
Representation of in-house counsel of a major public company in federal investigations and related shareholder actions concerning accounting irregularities.
Representation of companies in significant commercial litigation, including contract, civil RICO and securities matters.

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