Mr Peter White > Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Offices
901 Fifteenth Street,
NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Peter White
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Work Department
Litigation, Financial Institutions, Regulatory & Compliance, Securities Enforcement, Securities Litigation, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Antitrust
Position
Peter H. White is co-chair of the Litigation Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. One of the nation’s leading white collar lawyers, Pete represents corporations and executives in managing crisis situations, including grand jury investigations, internal investigations, SEC enforcement proceedings, False Claims Act and qui tam lawsuits, and shareholder class actions. He achieved acquittals on all counts in multiple federal fraud trials, including allegations of accounting and securities fraud, government program fraud, false claims and public corruption. He served as lead counsel in over 80 federal and local jury trials and many more bench trials.
Pete is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A recipient of the Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Pete has performed with comparable skill as a private practitioner. Among the many publications that have recognized him as a leading litigator are: The Best Lawyers in America (corporate compliance law, criminal defense: white collar, and litigation-securities), Chambers USA, Ethisphere: Attorneys Who Matter, The Legal 500 United States, Washington DC Super Lawyers, Washingtonian’s “Washington’s Top Lawyers” (criminal defense, white collar) and The Washington Post (“Their Own Defense,” June 18, 2007). Pete obtained his B.A., with high honors, from University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif and on the Management Board of the Virginia Law Review. Upon graduation, he had the distinction of serving as a law clerk to The Honorable Richard L. Williams of the Eastern District of Virginia.
Memberships
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (Order of the Coif; Notes Editor, Virginia Law Review); University of Notre Dame, B.A., with high honors.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
With its focus on the financial services sector, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP is well equipped to advise clients such as financial institutions, broker-dealers, private funds, and investment professionals. In addition to handling cases relating to financial misconduct, the team also advises on a wider range of white-collar matters, including public corruption, FCPA violations, and cybersecurity. Charles Clark and Peter White are based in Washington DC. Clark frequently handles enforcement proceedings before the DOJ and SEC, while White advises both companies and executives on an array of white-collar matters, including false claims, public corruption, and fraud. Located in New York, Craig Warkol has experience advising on securities fraud, insider trading, and market manipulation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Fintech
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism