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Michael B. Himmel is chair of the firm's Litigation Department and the White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2001, Mr. Himmel has been selected for inclusion in two categories, Criminal Defense and Business Litigation. In the 2008-2012 editions, he was selected as a "bet-the-company litigator" for his work in "make or break litigation," an honor shared by a small, elite segment of litigators nationwide. Mr. Himmel has also been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual in the Litigation practice area since 2003, and featured in Super Lawyers since 2005 in the Criminal Defense: White Collar section of the publication. He is the 2003 recipient of the Trial Bar Award of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. He served as President of the Association of the Federal Bar for the State of New Jersey for the term 1998 - 2000. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Himmel has developed a national practice in white collar criminal defense in matters involving tax fraud, securities fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, political corruption, antitrust, bank fraud, and environmental matters. His clients have included private and public corporations in various industries including life sciences and the financial sector, officers and directors of private and public corporations, professionals and state and federal officials. He also has assisted corporate clients with internal investigations. Mr. Himmel, who is also well known for his work in complex business litigation, has recently won several multi-billion dollar class action securities fraud cases.
Mr. Himmel was formerly a Senior Partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Previously, Mr. Himmel was an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, New York, and later served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. During his years as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Himmel successfully prosecuted numerous high visibility white collar criminal cases that resulted in the convictions of a New Jersey state senator, a former speaker of the New Jersey Legislature and a number of union officials.
A frequent lecturer for the Institute on Continuing Legal Education on white collar criminal defense topics, he has also been a panelist and faculty member for the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Institute. He is a member of the Litigation, Antitrust, and Criminal Justice Sections of the American Bar Association, as well as the New Jersey and New York State Bar Associations.
Mr. Himmel is admitted to practice in New York (1975) and in New Jersey (1982).
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FCPA Regulators Set Sights On Private Equity
VC Experts, May 3, 2012
Michael Himmel
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Anti-Money Laundering
The Hedge Fund Law Report, February 16, 2012
Michael Himmel,
Matthew Oliver
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The Third Time's The Charm – IRS Announces Third Opportunity For Voluntary Disclosure Of Offshore Accounts
Client Alert, January 10, 2012
Robert Kipnees,
Michael Himmel,
Michael Gooen,
Richard Horne,
Brian Silikovitz,
Matthew Oliver
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Michael Himmel comments on the SEC's and DOJ's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement in America and abroad, and on the SEC's whistleblower bounty program.,
BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report, January 23, 2012
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In a Law360 article, Michael Himmel comments on how regulators have stepped up their enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, particularly for private equity firms that are increasingly investing in emerging markets and other areas where bribery and corruption may be common.,
Law360, October 26, 2011
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Michael Himmel comments on the increase in global anti-corruption enforcement in light of Russian investigators cooperating with German investigators in the Hewlett-Packard bribery probe.,
Main Justice, August 13, 2010
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St. Louis University School of Law
(J.D., 1974),
Member, St. Louis University Law Review
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New York University
(B.S., 1971)
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New York
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New Jersey
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1975,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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1975,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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1975,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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1980,
U.S. Supreme Court
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1981,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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1983,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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2005,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
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- American Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
- Federal Bar Council
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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