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Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.
565 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Elkan Abramowitz is a leading white collar criminal defense lawyer experienced in handling civil and criminal matters in state and federal court for individual and corporate clients. He has built his career as a trial lawyer representing prestigious clients who have fallen into high stakes personal and professional crises both in and outside the courtroom. Elkan is the recipient of the 1999 Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy presented by the Office of the Appellate Defender. In 2008, he was honored with the New York Council of Defense Lawyers’ Norman S. Ostrow award for the defense of liberty and the preservation of individual rights. More recently, Elkan received the New York Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Career

Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 1979; Served as counsel to the Special Master in the garment center antitrust case in 1992; Appointed Special Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Investigation for the City of New York in 1990 to investigate a stock transfer by Mayor David Dinkins to his son; Chief of the Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1976; Law Clerk, Honorable Inzer B. Wyatt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York; Assistant Deputy Mayor, City of New York; Special Counsel, Select Committee on Crime for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Memberships

Elkan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a former director of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. He also is a member of the New York State and American Bar Associations, the New York City Bar Association (past member of the Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Ethics, and Judiciary Committees), and the Federal Bar Council.

Education

New York University School of Law (LL.B.; Pomeroy Scholar; Editor, Law Review), 1964; Brown University (B.A.), 1961.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers

(Leading trial lawyers)

Elkan AbramowitzMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.

Elkan AbramowitzMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. One of the nation’s most sought after white-collar law experts, New York-based Elkan Abramowitz has built a career representing prominent clients facing high-stakes personal and professional cases. The list of clients Abramowitz represents is as impressive as it is extensive, encompassing the chamber of the office of the governor of New York and the CEO of American Media Inc.

Elkan AbramowitzMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. One of the nation’s most sought after white-collar law experts, New York-based Elkan Abramowitz has built a career representing prominent clients facing high-stakes personal and professional cases. The list of clients Abramowitz represents is as impressive as it is extensive, encompassing the chamber of the office of the governor of New York and the CEO of American Media Inc.

United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense

New York firm Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. is a long-established litigation boutique that handles white-collar defense, regulatory enforcement, business and securities litigation. Its work in class action, derivative suits and civil securities fraud cases, as well as its prowess in SEC enforcement matters, is based on the strength of its trial capability. More than a quarter of the firm’s partners are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. ‘They are zealous advocates and have obtained excellent results’, remark clients. Practice head Edward Spiro and ‘go-to lawyer’ Robert Anello are represented the founder and CEO of a public company in approximately 20 class action and derivative suits relating to allegations of stock manipulation. All matters were settled in 2022. Leading white-collar criminal defense partner Elkan Abramowitz also plays a pivotal role in both civil and criminal cases, and former federal prosecutor Christopher Harwood is also prominent in both investigations and litigation.

United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense

(Hall of Fame)

Elkan AbramowitzMorvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.

Litigation boutique Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. is based in New York and sports a roster of attorneys which excels at representing individuals, though corporate clients also form a key part of the group’s portfolio. The firm is well regarded in the market for its strengths in internal investigations and white-collar criminal matters, where it handles cases ranging from FCPA violations to securities fraud. Robert Anello leads the team and is noted for his extensive experience defending clients on trial and appellate level. Praised for being ‘tremendous trial lawyers‘, Elkan Abramowitz and Richard Albert regularly handle civil, criminal, and regulatory matters for businesses and their C-suite executives. Catherine Foti sports a diverse practice that includes attorney disciplinary matters alongside employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and fraud.