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White collar crime
A partner in the Litigation Department, Michele Hirshman focuses her practice on white collar defense and regulatory enforcement matters and internal investigations.
Michele regularly advises financial institutions, educational institutions, media and advertising companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, political organizations and public and private company executives and public officials in high-profile, high-stakes federal and state criminal, civil regulatory and internal investigations. She has represented public and privately held companies and individuals before the U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorneys’ offices, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, the New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General, the New York State Department of Financial Services and other federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory authorities and in connection with sensitive, significant employment matters.
Michele’s significant representations include:
Michele is regularly consulted in matters involving high profile business and personal reputational concerns. She has significant jury trial and appellate court experience, and she regularly speaks at conferences and on panels advising other practitioners in the field. She also works on a broad range of criminal and civil pro bono cases with young lawyers at the firm, and previously was a member of the Boards of Directors of The Legal Aid Society and the City Bar Justice Center.
Michele received the John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement from the U.S. Department of Justice. She is recognized in Chambers USA as a senior statesperson for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; in Legal 500 for White-Collar Criminal Defense and General Commercial Disputes; in The Best Lawyers in America for Criminal Defense: White-Collar; and in Benchmark Litigation as a Local Litigation Star for New York. Benchmark has consistently named her to its Top 250 Women in Litigation guide.
Updated July 2023