Lisa Zornberg

Zornberg, a former senior Manhattan federal prosecutor in the office that is currently conducting three separate corruption investigations into Mayor Eric Adams of New York and some of his senior aides. Zornberg joined City Hall in July 2023 after serving as chief of the Southern District’s criminal division from 2016 to 2018, supervising investigations and prosecutions by roughly 170 prosecutors. Lisa Zornberg is a litigation partner based in the firm’s New York office. She is a member of the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group, where her practice focuses on white collar defense, regulatory enforcement actions and internal investigations for corporations and financial institutions, as well complex civil litigation. Prior to joining Debevoise in 2019, Ms. Zornberg was the Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, from 2016 to 2018.