Barry A Bohrer

Barry A. Bohrer is co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Group. Barry has extensive litigation experience handling white collar criminal and complex civil matters in federal and state courts for individual and corporate clients. He also has an active trial and appellate practice. Barry has successfully defended clients, including major corporations, financial institutions, political figures, corporate executives and individuals, professionals, and prominent law firms, in a wide variety of high-profile and complex cases, jury trials, regulatory actions, and investigations. He regularly represents clients in matters pertaining to securities and commodities litigation and regulatory enforcement; other forms of financial fraud; antitrust litigation; and allegations of environmental offenses. He frequently represents clients in parallel enforcement proceedings involving the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He also conducts corporate internal investigations and counsels individuals involved in them. In his appellate practice, Barry has won appeals at all levels of the federal and state court systems throughout the nation, and is retained in high-stakes appellate cases where he is brought in by other legal teams specifically for his appellate proficiency. Barry has been named a leading litigation, white collar criminal defense and investigations lawyer by Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Investigations Lawyers, The Legal 500 United States, New York’s Best Lawyers and New York Super Lawyers. In 2014, Barry received The Norman S. Ostrow Award from the New York Council of Defense Lawyers in recognition of his outstanding contributions as a defense lawyer. He was the author of the “White Collar Crime” column in the New York Law Journal from 2002 – 2013 and is on the Board of Editors of the White Collar Crime Reporter. He speaks frequently on various topics, including issues relating to trial and appellate practice, securities enforcement and arbitration, internal investigations and insider trading. Barry is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, former President of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Fund for Modern Courts and Committee for Modern Courts, non-profit organizations dedicated to judicial reform in New York State. He is a member of the Board of Advisors and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society (Chairman of the Audit Committee) and received awards in 2005 and 2006 for Outstanding Pro Bono Service for his advocacy. He is also a member of the New York City Bar Association (former member of the Criminal Law Committee) and the New York State and American Bar Associations (Criminal Justice and Litigation Sections), and he serves on the advisory boards of Bloomberg BNA’s The Criminal Law Reporter and White Collar Crime Report. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS “Trial Pros: Schulte Roth’s Barry Bohrer,” Law360, March 25, 2016 (profile) “BHP Billiton Settles with SEC for $25 Million for Providing Foreign Officials with Luxury Travel to Olympics,” SRZ Client Alert, May 21, 2015 (co-author) “Newman’s Aftermath: District Court Vacates Four Insider Trading Guilty Pleas; Government Seeks Rehearing in Second Circuit,” SRZ Client Alert, Jan. 27, 2015 (co-author); republished in The Hedge Fund Journal, February/March 2015 More SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Office of the Appellate Defender 22nd Annual First Monday in October, New York, October 2015 Moderator, “Lessons from Recent Trials,” NYCBA 4th Annual White Collar Crime Institute, New York, May 2015 “Regulatory Outlook: Exams, Enforcement and AIFMD,” SRZ 24th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, New York, January 2015 More MEMBERSHIPS Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Member, Bloomberg BNA Criminal Law Reporter Advisory Board Member, Bloomberg BNA White Collar Crime Report Advisory Board Member, Legal Aid Society Board of Advisors Former Member, Legal Aid Society Board of Directors Former Chairman, Audit Committee Received awards in 2005 and 2006 for Outstanding Pro Bono Service Chair, Board of Directors, The Fund for Modern Courts and Committee for Modern Courts American Bar Association (Criminal Justice and Litigation Sections) New York City Bar Association (former member of the Criminal Law Committee) Former President, New York Council of Defense Lawyers New York State Bar Association (Criminal Justice and Litigation Sections) OTHER DISTINCTIONS Listed as a leading white collar defense lawyer in many publications, including: Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys The Best Lawyers in America Chambers USA Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA (White Collar Crime) Expert Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers The International Who’s Who of Investigations Lawyers The Legal 500 United States New York’s Best Lawyers New York Super Lawyers Top 100 New York Super Lawyers Received the 2014 Norman S. Ostrow Award from the New York Council of Defense Lawyers BAR ADMISSIONS New York COURT ADMISSIONS U.S. Supreme Court 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 EDUCATION New York University School of Law, J.D. Duke University, B.A. PRIOR EXPERIENCE Partner, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York Chief Appellate Attorney, Southern District of New York Chief of the Major Crimes Unit, Southern District of New York Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law