Mr Richard Albert > Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

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

Richard F. Albert represents clients in white collar criminal and regulatory matters, and in civil litigation. His cases have included a wide range of allegations of securities fraud, including claims of market manipulation, insider trading, and accounting violations, as well as alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, healthcare fraud, money laundering, antitrust violations, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice. He also has conducted internal investigations and represented public companies, banks, brokerage firms, hedge funds, and their officers and employees in complex civil litigation and arbitration.

Career

Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 2004; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1994 – 1999; Law Clerk, Honorable Kimba M. Wood, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Memberships

Rich serves on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society. He is also a board member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. Rich is also a member of the Federal Bar Council and a participant in its Inn of Court, and a member of the New York City Bar Association. He also represents indigent defendants as a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Southern District of New York.

Education

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude), 1989; University of Pennsylvania – Wharton (B.S., summa cum laude), 1986.

Lawyer Rankings

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

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.