Loeb & Loeb LLP has ‘an excellent white-collar group filled with talented and experienced individuals’, and routinely represent clients in white-collar criminal cases, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, trials and appeals. With a diverse client base that includes Fortune 500 corporations, privately owned businesses, directors and officers of publicly traded and private companies, licensed professionals, and others, the team also excels in cross-jurisdictional investigations. Overseeing the practice are Andy DeVooght and Jeremy Margolis in Chicago, and Jay Musoff in New York.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The partners in this team are exceptionally qualified, and wonderful to work with!’

  • ‘Loeb & Loeb is an outstanding firm for representing individuals in white-collar matters. The firm has particularly strong expertise in handling matters before the SEC or the U.S. Attorney's Office (particularly the Southern District of New York).'

  • 'Jay Musoff is a standout. He is thoughtful, careful, and a zealous advocate on behalf of his clients facing an investigatory thicket. He achieves amazing results for his clients.’

  • ‘‘Loeb & Loeb has an excellent white-collar group filled with talented and experienced individuals. Andy DeVooght in particular.’

  • ‘Andy DeVooght is a superstar - former U.S. Supreme Court clerk, fantastic trial lawyer, and all-around excellent white-collar partner.’

Key clients

  • Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
  • Cachet Financial Services
  • Edward Burke, City of Chicago Alderman
  • Patrick Fitzgerald, former Northwestern University football coach
  • Tim King, Former CEO of Urban Prep Charter Schools in Chicago, Illinois
  • Lafarge S.A.
  • Mark Snedden, President and Owner of Mark One Restoration Corp.
  • Trident Acquisition Corp. and its Directors and Officers, including Vadim Komissarov, the former CEO

Work highlights

Representing a former Chicago Alderman in a federal criminal trial involving extortion, bribery and racketeering charges, securing a two-year sentence after conviction, an extraordinary reduction form the government request of eight to 10 years.
Representing a former Northwestern football coach in more than 25 cases in Cook County circuit court concerning allegations of hazing, securing voluntarily dismissal of six claims and settling all player claims with the client admitting no liability and paying no damages.
Representing a financial services firm as claimant in a criminal forfeiture petition for seized bank accounts in connection with a US$135m fraud.
Practice head

Andy DeVooght; Jeremy Margolis; Jay Musoff

Other key lawyers

Joe Duffy