Mr Gary Stein > Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr Gary Stein

+1 212.756.2441 gary.stein@srz.com

Work Department

Litigation, Regulatory & Compliance, Securities Enforcement, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations

Position

Gary Stein focuses on white collar criminal defense and securities regulatory matters, complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, anti-money laundering issues, civil and criminal forfeiture proceedings and appellate litigation. He represents public companies, financial institutions, hedge funds, other entities and individuals as subjects, victims and witnesses in federal and state criminal investigations and regulatory investigations by the SEC, SROs and state attorneys general. He has conducted numerous internal investigations involving potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, financial statement fraud, money laundering and other matters, and advises companies on compliance with the FCPA and anti-money laundering and OFAC regulations. As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and chief appellate attorney in the Southern District of New York, Gary investigated, prosecuted, tried and represented the government on appeal in numerous white-collar criminal cases involving money laundering, fraudulent investment schemes, bank fraud, insider trading, art theft, illegal kickbacks, terrorist financing and other financial crimes. His civil litigation experience includes claims of fraud and breach of contract, securities class actions and derivative actions, contests over corporate control, and disputes arising from the sale of a business. He has handled more than 150 appeals in federal and state courts involving issues of both criminal law and procedure and complex commercial law. He has successfully argued 17 appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Gary has been recognized as a leading litigation attorney by The Legal 500 US, Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation, New York Super Lawyers, Firm & Attorneys and Who’s Who Legal: Business Crime Defence. An accomplished public speaker and writer, he has presented on FCPA, insider trading, risk management and crisis management issues at a number of conferences. Gary has been presented with Burton Awards for Distinguished Legal Writing. In 2008, he won for co-authoring “The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Recent Cases and Enforcement Trends,” which appeared in the Journal of Investment Compliance and in 2015, he won for authoring “Pension Forfeiture and Prosecutorial Policy-Making,” which appeared in the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy Quorum. Additionally, he co-authors the “Scienter: Trading ‘On the Basis Of’” chapter in the Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book. Gary serves on the Board of Editors of the Business Crimes Bulletin. He received his J.D. from NYU School of Law and his B.A. from NYU.

Memberships

Board of Editors, Business Crimes Bulletin.

Education

New York University School of Law, JD (Senior Articles Editor, New York University Law Review); New York University, BA