With unique capabilities in cross-border matters, Steptoe LLP represents senior executives, public officials, and corporations in all aspects of white-collar criminal litigation, corporate investigations, and other administrative enforcement and civil litigation matters. The New York team includes practice head Ryan Poscablo, whose practice includes representing companies and individuals before all key regulatory authorities in both criminal and civil cases, as well as counseling companies on compliance issues, and Michelle Levin, who advises individuals and corporations on a variety of enforcement matters and investigations. In Washington DC, Reid Weingarten and Brian Heberlig are both veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyers, Jason Weinstein excels in both internal and government-facing investigations, and Ali Burney, who also practices out of Hong Kong, represents clients in the Asia-Pacific region on matters relating to US economic sanctions, export controls, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and anti-money laundering. Cáitrín McKiernan divides her time between San Francisco and Hong Kong, and is an expert in white-collar work as well as compliance matters. Mariana Pendás has joined the firm.
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  • Karima Maloney is an absolute rock star. In a crowded white-collar market full of trial lawyers in Houston, she stands head and shoulders above the rest for both her legal acumen and her adroit ability to quickly understand and mesh with a larger defense group. Karima is my go-to referral in Houston, and I'm always looking for a chance to get her involved in any case or investigation I have.

Key clients

  • Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd.
  • Freeport McMoRan, Inc.
  • Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
  • EagleClaw Midstream
  • Ernst & Young
  • Michael Lynch
  • Sean Dunn – “Sandwich Guy”
  • Michael Roeffler
  • Jordan Willing
  • Gianluca Sabbioni
  • Eight former executives at FTX
  • Dr. Alain Kaloyeros

Work highlights

Representing major Chinese telecommunications company, Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd., in a large theft of trade secrets case brought by the US Department of Justice.
Representing Freeport McMoRan Inc., the large copper mining company, in an investigation before the Department of Justice and SEC in relation to its acquisition of a smelter in Indonesia from Mitsubishi Materials Corp.
DefendinChinese telecoms company Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in criminal cases in the Eastern District of New York and the Western District of Washington, where Huawei is charged with a RICO conspiracy, conspiracies related to Iran-sanctions violations, bank fraud conspiracy, theft of trade secrets conspiracy, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice.

Lawyers

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Reid Weingarten
Reid Weingarten
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Jason Weinstein
Jason Weinstein
Practice head

Ryan Poscablo

Other key lawyers

Michelle Levin; Reid Weingarten; Brian Heberlig; Jason Weinstein; Ali Burney; Cáitrín McKiernan; Sandra Hanna; John Kinchen; Patrick Linehan; Karima Maloney; Chris Niewoehner; Mariana Pendás