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R. Scott Thompson is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and the White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and criminal and civil trials. He has handled state and federal criminal matters, and a number of state, federal, and international civil litigation matters involving, among other things, allegations of fraud, theft of intellectual property, and RICO violations. In addition, Mr. Thompson has conducted internal investigations for publicly traded and private corporations, and has advised publicly traded corporations with respect to corporate compliance programs. Mr. Thompson was featured in the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 issues of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Criminal Defense: White Collar section of the publication.
Mr. Thompson's clients have included Fortune 500 companies and their executives, and he has represented clients in ten federal districts and the courts of several states.
Representative cases since joining Lowenstein Sandler in 1996 include:
- Trial counsel for prominent New York doctor accused of insurance fraud
- Trial counsel for owner of ferry service accused of federal maritime manslaughter
- Trial counsel for former Dinkins administration official accused of fraud
- Trial counsel for trucking company owner accused of perjury
- Trial counsel in a variety of securities fraud cases
- Represented corporations and individuals in federal and state grand jury investigations into alleged violations of environmental laws
- Represented corporations and individuals in federal and state grand jury investigations into a variety of financial activity, including alleged violations of securities laws, money-laundering statutes, and mail and wire fraud statutes
- Represented corporations and individuals in federal grand jury investigations into alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Represented hedge fund operator in connection with international litigation involving allegations of fraud and breach of contract
- Represented individuals in federal grand jury investigations into alleged violations of federal campaign contribution laws
- Represented individuals and financial institutions before the Securities and Exchange Commission on a variety of contexts
- Prosecuted and proved civil liability for theft of computer software by Fortune 500 company
- Represented individuals in civil and criminal tax investigations
- Appointed trustee by federal district court to oversee sale of inventory of company convicted of violations of trade embargo
- Represented doctors, hospitals and other health care service providers in state and federal grand jury investigations into alleged fraud
- Represented financial services partnership in defense of claims arising out of $130 million loss caused by rogue trader employed by the partnership
Before joining Lowenstein Sandler in 1996, Mr. Thompson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey for four years. In that position, Mr. Thompson specialized in prosecution of cases under the federal RICO statute and sophisticated white collar fraud. Mr. Thompson was commended by FBI Director, Louis Freeh, for his trial work and was awarded the Office's Outstanding Performance and Special Achievement Award in 1994. In the last ten years, Mr. Thompson has tried more than ten cases on both the prosecution and defense sides.
Prior to entering government service, Mr. Thompson spent four years at New York's Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he was part of a trial team that won a verdict of acquittal at the close of the government's case in a federal criminal trial, and led a team of lawyers in the defense of a major oil refiner accused of criminal violations of federal and state environmental laws.
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Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
(J.D., 1986),
with honors
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Princeton University
(A.B., 1981)
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New York
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New Jersey
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1990,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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1992,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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2001,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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2002,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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2003,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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