Harlan Protass | New York Criminal Lawyer | New York

Harlan Protass has close to twenty years experience in the areas of criminal defense, governmental enforcement proceedings and complex commercial litigation.

Harlan represents individuals and business organizations in federal
and state court matters involving a broad spectrum of charges, such as securities fraud, insider trading, wire and mail fraud, money laundering, embezzlement and larceny, as well as RICO violations and tax offenses. His background in the financial services industry brings valuable insights to the defense of clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by regulatory authorities ranging from the SEC and FINRA to the IRS and New York State Department of Taxation.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Clayman & Rosenberg LLP		2010-Present
Self-Employed	Law Offices of Harlan J. Protass, PLLC		2008-2010
Special Counsel	O'Shea Partners LLP		2002-2007
Associate	Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld		1998-2002
Associate	Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy		1995-1997
Analyst	Kidder Peabody		1990-1992

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University	J.D.	Law School	1995
Cornell University	B.S.	Applied Economics and Business Management	1988

State / Court	Date
New York	1996

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  New York Council of Defense Lawyers
  New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  American Bar Association
  New York State Bar Association
  Association of the Bar of City of New York
  UJA-Federation -- Criminal Law Committee

• Represented a senior officer of a publicly traded company in high-profile insider trading investigation and prosecution. Successfully represented an executive of an international insurance company targeted for prosecution in a highly-publicized investigation by the New York Attorney General, which ultimately dropped its plan to pursue charges. Represented a construction company under investigation by the New York Department of Investigation, resulting in no adverse consequences to business operations. Persuaded government to drop charges of securities fraud and money laundering and instead permit client to plead guilty to a single count of making a false statement, resulting in non-custodial sentence. Negotiated a favorable plea agreement on behalf of an executive of a medical billing company charged with structuring financial transactions, resulting in a non-custodial sentence. See more at: http://www.clayro.com/professional/harlan-j-protass

• Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law, Slate (July 29, 2013)
  A Saner Approach to Sentencing, Wall Street Journal (May 8, 2013)
  The Government Can Read Your Emails, But a New Law Might Stop Them, The Huffington Post (November 28, 2012)
  Rajat Gupta Could Go to Prison for 10 Years for Insider Trading Even Though He Wasn’t A Major Player -- Is that Fair?, Slate (October 22, 2012)
  Take Their Money and Run -- The government should fine the hell out of Rajat Gupta instead of criminally prosecuting him, Slate (May 18, 2012)
  
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