Hadassa Waxman > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Proskauer Rose LLP Offices
11 TIMES SQUARE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-8299
NEW YORK
United States
Hadassa Waxman
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Hadassa Waxman is a partner in Proskauer’s White Collar Defense & Investigations and Securities Litigation Groups. Her practice focuses on representing corporations and senior executives in criminal investigations, enforcement and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Hadassa was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where she served in the Public Corruption Unit, the Securities and Commodities Task Force and the Violent Crimes Unit. She also served as Co-Chief of the General Crimes Unit, where she trained and supervised new prosecutors, oversaw scores of jury trials and hearings and managed hundreds of investigations and prosecutions.
A first-chair trial lawyer, Hadassa served as lead counsel in numerous federal jury trials involving securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, cybercrime and corporate criminal liability, homicide, arson and other crimes of violence. Hadassa has also second-chaired and supervised scores of additional trials.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Proskauer Rose LLP‘s New York-based practice offers extensive experience in complex matters, including securities fraud, FCPA violations, and antitrust issues. Mark Harris , former clerk to two Supreme Court Justices and an ex-federal prosecutor, leads the practice. Former federal prosecutors William Komaroff and Seetha Ramachandran bring significant trial experience; Komaroff focuses on corporate defense and internal investigations, while Ramachandran specializes in AML, Bank Secrecy Act violations, and asset forfeiture. Hadassa Waxman, with extensive prosecutorial experience, handles various cases, including wire fraud and corporate criminal liability. Kevin Abikoff, based in Washington DC, complements the team with expertise in corporate investigations, compliance, and FCPA matters, advising boards and senior executives.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)