Steven Feldman focuses his practice on white collar criminal litigation and securities enforcement matters.   He represents companies and individuals accused of business crimes, public corruption, securities law violations and fraudulent practices by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, State Attorneys General, District Attorneys’ Offices, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  Mr. Feldman works with companies to conduct internal investigations and represents individual executives in corporate internal investigations.  In criminal and regulatory matters, he represents broker-dealers, stock brokers, hedge funds, investment advisors and corporate executives.  In some of his most important victories, Mr. Feldman has convinced criminal authorities not to prosecute his clients for alleged wrongdoing.  When prosecutions go forward, he is an experienced federal court trial attorney prevailing in numerous jury trials.

Skilled as both a defense attorney and a prosecutor, Mr. Feldman has extensive experience in public corruption prosecutions, business crime matters, art and cultural object related crimes, health care fraud cases, and cases arising under the federal securities laws.  

Mr. Feldman spent more than six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan.  During his last four years as a federal criminal prosecutor, he served on the office’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force.

Mr. Feldman spearheaded the creation of the Murphy & McGonigle iPhone and Android app, M&M Defend, which provides guidelines to arm individuals and companies with resources for critical law enforcement encounters. It can be downloaded by visiting the iTunes app store, here, and the Google Play store, here.

Practice Areas

• Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, & Incident Response
• Independent Monitoring & Independent Consulting
• Private Funds Advisory & Enforcement Defense
• Regulatory Enforcement Defense
• Securities & Complex Commercial Litigation
• White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance Counseling

Professional Affiliations

• Member, New York Council of Defense Lawyers
• Board of Trustees, Federal Bar Council
• Member, Federal Bar Council Inn of Court
• Board of Advisers, Georgetown Wall Street Alliance
• Board Member, Georgetown Law New York Alumni Council
• Board of Advisers, Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel Institute
• Past Co-Chair, UJA Criminal Law Group
• Member, NYS Bar Association White Collar Committee

Awards and Recognition

• Ten Murphy & McGonigle Listed in 2016 Super Lawyers
  (10/10/2016)
  
• Former Federal Prosecutor Joins Murphy & McGonigle
  (01/08/2015)
  

Publications

• SEC Enforcement: Digital Token Trading Platform is an Unregistered Exchange
  Blockchain Law Center | (11/09/2018)
  
• The Scandal Over Hobby Lobby’s Purchase of 5,500 Smuggled Artifacts, Explained
  Artsy | (07/07/2017)
  
• Utilizing a Smart Phone “App” to Protect Companies and Individuals in Critical Law Enforcement Encounters (Spring/Summer 2017)
  NYSBA Inside | (04/28/2017)
  
• SEC Settlements Spotlight Auditors Gone Wild
  (Co-authored with James K. Goldfarb, Paul A. Merolla, Stephen J. Crimmins)
  Law 360 | (10/07/2016)
  
• Doing Business Overseas? You Need To Understand The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  (07/22/2015)
  
• Insider Trading Law After the Newman Decision: What Does It Mean to Financial Industry Professionals?
  The Finance Professionals' Post | (03/25/2015)
  
• Winning Strategies and Challenging Trends for White Collar Defense Attorneys
  Thomson Reuters | (December, 2014)
  
• Efforts by Prosecutors and Private Counsels to Recover Cultural Property in the United States
  ISPAC | (December, 2014)
  
• Highlights of Selected Criminal Cases Involving Art & Cultural Objects: 2012, The Journal of Art Crime (Spring 2013)
  Association for Research into Crimes Against Art | (08/12/2013)
  
• The Clash of the SEC’s New “Pay-to-Play” Rules and Employees’ Rights to Participate in the Political Process
  Bloomberg BNA (Subscription Required) | (12/12/2011)
  
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions Deals, New York Law Journal (Aug. 16, 2011)
  New York Law Journal (Subscription Required) | (08/16/2011)
  
• Disparities Seen in Federal Securities Fraud Sentences, New York Law Journal
  New York Law Journal (Subscription Required) | (03/20/2009)
  
• 1st Use of New Pooled Investment Anti-Fraud Rules
  Law 360 | (12/02/2008)
  

Seminars and Presentations

• Schemers and Scammers, 2017 Edition: The Never Ending Battle Against Fraud
  11/09/2017
• Schemers and Scammers, 2016 Edition: The Never Ending Battle Against Fraud
  11/10/2016
• Challenging Issues Faced in Internal Investigations
  06/02/2016 (11:21 AM - 09:21 AM)
• The Destruction of World Heritage Sites as It Concerns Cultural Property and International Laws
  01/26/2016
• Schemers and Scammers, 2015 Edition: The Never Ending Battle Against Fraud
  11/09/2015
• Ripped from the Headlines: Managing Environmental Investigations, Regulatory Enforcement Actions, and Criminal Inquiries
  09/29/2015
• Avoiding Corporate Liability: Using Government Guidelines to Advise & Protect Your Clients
  05/19/2015
• In the Crosshairs: The Department of Justice and the SEC Focus on Insider Trading
  06/12/2014
• Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Presentation
  01/28/2014
• Restitution and International Judicial Cooperation
  12/14/2013
• What to do if Your Fund is Suspected of Insider Trading and Other Fraudulent Act
  01/10/2012 - 01/11/2012

In the News

• The Scandal Over Hobby Lobby’s Purchase of 5,500 Smuggled Artifacts, Explained
  Artsy | (07/07/2017)
  
• Insider Trading Law Remains Murky After High Court Ruling
  Law 360 | (12/06/2016)
  
• Hedge fund raided by the FBI? There's an app for that
  Reuters | (11/01/2016)
  
• Hedge Funders Are Downloading An App That Instructs Them What To Do When They are Raided For Insider Trading
  Fortune | (11/01/2016)
  
• Investigations like Bridgegate turn on nuances, legal experts say
  The Inquirer Daily News | (09/22/2016)
  
• Ex-Western Asset Employee Pleads Guilty to Computer Intrusion
  Reuters | (07/25/2016)
  
• Steven Feldman to Present at NY Society of CPAs Forensic Accounting and Litigation Services Conference on May 19
  (04/08/2015)
  
• New insider trading rules
  CNBC | (04/06/2015)
  
• Aggressive prosecution against SAC
  CNBC | (07/26/2013)
  
• NY State: Standard Chartered Hid Transactions
  CNBC | (08/06/2012)
  
• The Second Market
  CNBC | (04/04/2011)
  
• Berkshire Brand Tarnished?
  CNBC | (03/31/2011)
  

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, (Order of the Coif ) 1997
• B.A., cum laude, Tufts University, 1992
• One Year Program, Hebrew University, 1990

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York