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Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. Offices
565 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
NEW YORK
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Mr Christopher Harwood
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Christopher B. Harwood is a former federal prosecutor with many years of experience handling complex civil litigation, as well as criminal and regulatory matters. His extensive experience includes dozens of investigations, litigations, and settlements involving the False Claims Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and FIRREA. Chris’s cases have involved allegations of financial fraud, healthcare fraud, federal program and grant fraud, money laundering, failure to file SARs, failure to implement an effective anti-money laundering program, violation of U.S. sanctions laws, breach of contract, and employment discrimination and retaliation.
Career
Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 2018; Co-Chief, Civil Frauds Unit, United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, 2016-2018; Deputy Chief, Civil Frauds Unit, United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, 2014-2016; Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, 2011-2018; Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School, 2018; Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 2007-2009; Litigation Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 2005-2007, 2010; Law Clerk, Honorable Norman H. Stahl, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2004-2005; Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph L. Tauro, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2003-2004; Adjunct Professor, Cornell University, 2002-2003
Education
Cornell Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Cornell Law Review), 2003; Cornell University (B.A., Government, magna cum laude), 2000
Lawyer Rankings
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.