Jonathan N. Halpern

Before his return to private practice, Mr. Halpern served for nearly 15 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he tried numerous federal criminal jury trials and argued more than a dozen appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. As chief of the Office's Major Crimes Unit, he supervised 25 experienced prosecutors responsible for investigating and prosecuting complex financial fraud cases, including tax and investment fraud; FCPA violations; bank fraud; illegal banking practices; health care fraud; environmental crimes; art fraud; and computer and intellectual property crimes. Mr. Halpern also served as the chair of the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Fraud Task Force.

As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mr. Halpern prosecuted a wide variety of federal criminal cases, including corruption, extortion, tax, financial institution, and health care fraud matters. He has handled all phases of grand jury, trial, and appellate work and served as lead prosecutor in several high-profile investigations and prosecutions, including the Marc Rich pardon investigation. He has acquired substantial experience in complex tax investigations and has supervised and prosecuted several high-profile and sophisticated tax cases. Mr. Halpern is the recipient of the Department of Justice Director's Award for Superior Performance.

He has been featured as a legal analyst on television news programs in New York and Canada, and his legal commentary has been widely reported in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle and many other news publications.   

Publications

"Measures Ensure FCPA Compliance," The American Oil & Gas Reporter, June 2010.

"FCPA Crackdown Tests Antibribery Compliance," Oil & Gas Journal, May 3, 2010.

"What Really Is Honest Services? The Supreme Court Is Expected To Tell Us," Bloomberg Law Reports, December 9, 2009.

Featured Guest, Department of Justice Scrutiny of Pharmaceutical Industry for Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, News Podcast, Compliance Week, December 2009.

"Companies in the Crossfire of Anti-Bribery Measures Abroad," New York Law Journal, September 10, 2009.

Featured Guest, Evolving Standards for Assessing Liability Under the False Claims Act, News Podcast, Compliance Week, March 2009.

Speeches

Mr. Halpern regularly is called upon to speak about criminal and regulatory investigative issues as well as matters involving criminal and civil litigation. Among the presentations he has delivered are the following:

"The FCPA is Watching You: U.S. v. Lindsey as a Case Study," CDS Webcast, June 14, 2011.

"Halpern Sees Uncertain Enforcement of New U.K. Bribery Law," Bloomberg Law, April 25, 2011.

"The FCPA: Addressing the Increasing Risks and Challenges for Exporters and Importers Through Due Diligence," The A to Z of the FCPA Journal of Commerce Webcast, October 20, 2010.

Panelist, "Navigating the Minefield of Investigations and Whistleblower Protections," 2009 Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, June 8, 2009.

Moderator, "Government Investigations and Enforcement Actions involving Pharmaceutical Companies," New York, New York, October 2006.

"Money Laundering and Bank Fraud," International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies, Annual Meeting, Macau, China, May 2005.

"Overcoming the Initial Issues; Conflicts of Interest and Other Critical Considerations," New York, New York, April 2005.

"What to Do When the Government Comes Knocking: Handling Government Investigations," ACI Conference on Strategies for Responding to Insurance Industry Investigations, New York, New York, February 2005.

"Evolving Standards of Financial Services' Criminal Liability," Association of Life Insurance Counsel, Amelia Island, Florida, May 2004.