Best Law Firms in New York for Criminal Defense: White-Collar

More than 900 legal professionals in 26 offices across the country collaborate seamlessly at Barnes & Thornburg to field the right team for you. As one of the 100 largest law firms in the United States, we put our collective experience across legal disciplines to work so you can conduct business in today’s changing marketplace. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com.

Kostelanetz LLP has represented individuals, businesses, and institutions for nearly 80 years in high-stakes disputes, government investigations, regulatory matters, and complex domestic and international tax planning issues. The firm’s practice includes tax controversy, tax fraud defense, white-collar criminal defense, trust and estate planning, transactional tax planning, and government investigations. The firm also represents clients in sensitive and complex internal investigations, as well as matters involving commercial litigation and government procurement and contracting.

Our attorneys draw on decades of experience advising clients on administrative proceedings, litigation, and domestic and international tax compliance matters. Many have previously served in senior positions with the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and federal and state prosecutors’ offices. Several attorneys have also served as federal judicial law clerks and hold advanced degrees in taxation.

Kostelanetz LLP attorneys regularly contribute articles and commentary to publications including The CPA Journal, Tax Notes, The Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, and Law360. Their work addresses developments in tax law, civil and criminal tax enforcement, transactional tax planning, estate and trust planning, commercial litigation, and White-Collar Criminal Defense & Government Investigations. Attorneys at the firm also write and speak on issues involving IRS audits, IRS criminal investigations, state and local enforcement actions involving alleged tax evasion, and enforcement activity by the Department of Justice, the SEC, FinCEN, and other regulatory agencies.

Several partners teach at nationally recognized law schools, including NYU and Georgetown. Firm attorneys also present CLE and CPE programs on tax, litigation, and legal ethics topics and are frequently retained as consultants or witnesses in tax controversy matters.

Kostelanetz LLP is committed to providing clients with direct access to partners and senior attorneys throughout each engagement. The firm emphasizes practical, cost-conscious representation tailored to the needs of each matter and has the depth and flexibility to scale its legal teams as client needs evolve.

McDermott Will & Schulte is an international law firm serving businesses, institutions and individuals across a wide range of legal matters. With offices throughout the United States and Europe, including Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt and Washington, D.C., the firm advises clients on complex transactions, regulatory concerns, litigation and industry-specific challenges. Since first earning attorney recognition in 1983, the firm has continued to build a broad legal practice shaped by changing markets and evolving client needs.

The firm is known for its work in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, tax law, health care law, intellectual property and high-stakes litigation. Its attorneys also counsel clients in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence law, fintech, privacy and data security, biotechnology and life sciences. McDermott Will & Schulte represents clients ranging from growing companies to multinational organizations, helping them navigate business decisions, disputes and regulatory matters with practical legal guidance.

McDermott Will & Schulte has earned recognition across numerous practice areas in Best Law Firms rankings, including bankruptcy and restructuring, employment law, real estate law, securities regulation, patent law, antitrust law and international trade and finance law. The firm also has 357 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers, reflecting peer-reviewed acknowledgment across a broad range of legal disciplines.

Clients turn to McDermott Will & Schulte for counsel that is strategic, business-minded and tailored to the industries they serve. Whether handling cross-border transactions, intellectual property disputes, health care compliance or complex commercial litigation, the firm focuses on delivering clear legal solutions that align with each client’s long-term objectives.

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP was founded in 1981 by three former Assistant United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York, Harvey Stone, Richard Dolan, and the late Peter Schlam. Now well into its second generation, the firm has since grown to 30 attorneys, most of whom are former federal prosecutors or alumni of AM Law 100 firms. Our growth and longevity, a rarity among boutique firms, are a testament to the results we obtain for our clients, who reflect the breadth of our practice and include a diverse group of businesses of all sizes, governmental entities, and individuals, including entrepreneurs, family businesses, start ups, senior executives, officers and directors, and Fortune 500 global institutions. We are not resting on our legacy of 45 years; we are looking to the future.

What We Do

We are a full-service boutique firm focusing on complex commercial litigation, civil litigation and government investigations, white collar defense and investigations, appeals, and transactional services and legal counseling for businesses, non-profits, and individuals. We regularly, and successfully, litigate against the largest law firms, and often act as co-counsel for them, assisting these firms through the state court and trial process.

Why Us

We have unparalleled experience with the New York state and federal courts, including, in particular, New York’s Commercial Division. We are well known in New York’s legal community, including by the judges before whom we appear, who are likewise well known to us. We use this knowledge and experience to maximize results for our clients. At the same time we have litigated a wide variety of disputes in states throughout the country, such as Florida, California, Arizona, and in international arbitrations.

Our attorneys’ skill and judgment are built on outstanding academic and professional credentials making us the right choice for complicated or unusual disputes.

LEGAL EXCELLENCE. DEDICATION TO CLIENTS. COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

WilmerHale is a leading, full-service international law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers located throughout 12 offices in the United States and Europe. Our lawyers work at the intersection of government, technology and business, and we remain committed to our guiding principles of:

-providing quality, world-class legal and client services;

-fostering an environment that promotes an entrepreneurial spirit, collaboration and collegiality by drawing on the exceptional talents and varied experience of our lawyers;

-providing all of our attorneys and business professionals with the opportunity to succeed;

-encouraging lawyers and business professionals to perform public service and give back to the community through pro bono work, government service, service to the bar, teaching, and supporting public institutions and charitable organizations;

-and hiring and retaining exceptionally talented lawyers who possess the common trait of outstanding academic and personal achievements.

Learn more about us at wilmerhale.com.