James J Benjamin, Jr > Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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James J Benjamin, Jr
Work Department
Partner; Litigation
Position
Leader of Akin Gump’s white collar defense and global investigations practice group. Represents individual and corporate clients in a wide variety of government and regulatory investigations and litigation, including matters arising from alleged insider trading, improper accounting and disclosure, market manipulation, commodities regulation and foreign corrupt practices/anti-corruption violations.
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Career
Federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York (1995-2000); law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court, Justices Lewis F. Powell Jr. and John Paul Stevens (1993-94); law clerk, Honorable J. Frederick Motz, District of Maryland (1990-91).
Memberships
Member, board of directors, City Bar Fund, the nonprofit arm of the New York City Bar Association; member, New York Council of Defense Lawyers; member, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council, and New York State Bar Association.
Education
AB, magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa, Colby Government Prize (1987); JD, University of Virginia School of Law, research and projects editor, Virginia Law Review, Order of the Coif (1990).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s white-collar defense and government investigations department acts for financial institutions, broker-dealers and private investment funds, as well as senior executives. It has particular experience in securities and commodities matters, and in investigations and enforcement issues. Washington DC’s Charles Connolly is a name to note for financial fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) issues, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) matters, corruption and anti-money laundering; he heads the team alongside Michael Asaro and James J Benjamin, Jr. Ian McGinley joined from the US Attorney’s Office for the SDNY in September 2021, whilst Doug Maynard left for an in-house role at GTT Communications. Attorneys are based in New York unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: plaintiff
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > International trade
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism