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Eric Corngold
Work Department
Partner, White Collar
Position
Eric Corngold is the head of Friedman Kaplan’s white collar department. He represents businesses, their executives, and their employees during federal and state criminal investigations, as well as in regulatory matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal and state government agencies. He also conducts internal investigations for corporations and other institutions on behalf of officers, boards of directors, and audit committees.
Career
Mr. Corngold brings tremendous insight from the enforcement perspective. Prior to joining Friedman Kaplan, he spent sixteen years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (with two of those years as Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney and six years as Chief of the EDNY’s Business and Securities Frauds Unit) and three years as Executive Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice in the New York Attorney General’s Office where he was the principal advisor on litigation and policy concerning financial markets, antitrust matters, corporate and consumer fraud, and housing.
His recent notable work includes representing the New Jersey Economic Development Authority in connection with the year-long task force investigation being conducted by Governor Phil Murphy’s Task Force on Tax Incentives, and related civil and criminal matters.
In addition to his significant work on behalf of clients, Mr. Corngold serves as a Trustee of the State University of New York and is the Chair of the New York State University Construction Fund. He is also an adjunct Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law where, for 20 years, he has taught a course on white collar law.
Education
Yale Law School, J.D. (1984)
Swarthmore College, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa (1980)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
For both corporations and individuals, Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP continues to manage a varied amount of white-collar work and investigations. The team has experience conducting cases ranging from inquiries through trials and appeals in criminal and regulatory enforcement actions. Eric Corngold, who is knowledgeable about financial crime and has specific expertise in antitrust issues, leads the group together with Mary Mulligan, whose practice often encompasses cross-border matters. Mala Ahuja Harker is active at the intersection of white-collar matters and commercial litigation. Ricardo Solano left the firm for an in-house position in February 2022.