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Robert J. Kipnees is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. Mr. Kipnees concentrates his practice in complex white collar criminal cases, including securities fraud, tax fraud, antitrust and environmental crimes and political corruption cases. He brings to bear in defending firm clients many years of experience, including significant trial experience in both prosecution and defense work. Mr. Kipnees also handles complex civil securities fraud cases, criminal and civil RICO cases, class actions and complex civil fraud and antitrust cases. He has defended and assisted in the criminal defense of several public figures, including, most recently, the successful defense at trial of an executive with a major paper company accused of participating in an international price fixing conspiracy. Mr. Kipnees has also defended against criminal charges a director of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, a principal of a major currency futures firm, several accountants, a municipal engineer, and a prominent corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange, among others. He also has conducted numerous internal investigations for various corporations faced with allegations of criminal wrongdoing.
Upon graduation from law school, he practiced litigation with a major New York City law firm and later became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. During his tenure at the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1982-1985, he worked in both the general criminal division and in the special prosecutions (political corruption) divisions.
Since 1993, he has been an adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall Law School, where he teaches a course on White Collar Criminal Practice. Mr. Kipnees is also the author of "Criminal Trial Preparation," published by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, and has also lectured frequently for that organization on the subject of criminal law. Mr. Kipnees is also the recipient of the U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award (1985).
Mr. Kipnees is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations section of the publication. He is also listed in numerous editions of Who's Who in America, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Robert J. Kipnees and Maureen Ruane are spotlighted for their selection to Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, a guide to the nation's top lawyers and law firms.,
The Progress, August 1, 2008
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Harvard Law School
(J.D., 1980),
cum laude
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Cornell University
(B.A., 1977),
cum laude, with distinction
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New Jersey
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New York
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1981,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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1981,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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1981,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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1985,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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1992,
U.S. Supreme Court
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1995,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
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2000,
U.S. Tax Court
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- Sections of Litigation and Criminal Justice
- Association of the Bar of the State of New York
- New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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