Sean Hecker

Sean Hecker is a partner at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. He is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations and complex civil litigation.Prior to joining Kaplan Hecker & Fink Sean was a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP and a trial lawyer with the Federal Defenders of New York. Sean is nationally recognized as a go-to lawyer for corruption and other white-collar criminal defense matters. Sean is a member of the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel in the Southern District of New York, where he represents indigent federal criminal defendants. He serves as Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Office of the Appellate Defender and of the Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., as the Treasurer of the board of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and as Chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Task Force on Mass Incarceration. He also serves as Treasurer on the board of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. Sean received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1997, where he graduated Order of the Coif and was the Senior Note Editor of the Law Review. He received a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in 1994. He graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College in 1992. B.A. Columbia University, 1992, B.A. M.P.P., Harvard University, 1994 J.D., Stanford Law School, 1997