Reid H. Weingarten

Partner

1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20036
TEL: 202.429.6238
FAX: 202.429.3902

Reid H. Weingarten is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and is part of the firm's White-Collar Criminal Defense group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Weingarten served as a trial attorney for the Public Integrity Section of the US Department of Justice and as a deputy district attorney for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

White-Collar Criminal Defense
Mr. Weingarten represents clients in complex criminal matters in both state and federal courts at the pre-trial, trial, and post-trial stages, including cases involving public corruption, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, bank fraud, bribery, government procurement fraud, antitrust, healthcare fraud, and tax and securities fraud. He has gained national recognition for his representation of many high-profile individuals such as Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown; Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy; former Teamsters president Ron Carey; Treasury Department Chief of Staff Joshua Steiner; Charlie Trie; Pauline Kanchanalak; and clients involved in the Archer Daniels Midland, Drexel, Salomon Brothers, Ill Wind, BCCI, G.E./Israel, FDA/generic drug, tobacco, House Bank, and Columbia HCA investigations.

Mr. Weingarten has served, by special appointment, as Special Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to head the "October Surprise" investigation in 1992; Associate Independent Counsel in the Iran-Contra affair in 1988 as lead counsel in the prosecution of Major General Richard V. Secord; and Special Prosecutor, United States Attorney's office for the District of Alaska, for US v. Dischner, et. al. in 1988.

Mr. Weingarten was inducted in the fall of 1995 as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He serves as a council member of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and served for two terms as chairman of the White-Collar Crime Committee. He also teaches courses on Public Corruption and Professional Responsibility as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr. Weingarten is committed to his clients and to the community. He is the chairman and co-founder, along with Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, of a non-profit program, See Forever Foundation, which is designed to assist juvenile offenders in rehabilitation to prevent recidivism.

Noteworthy

Listed in Best Lawyers of America 2008 for White-Collar Criminal Defense
Listed in Who's Who Legal for Business Crime Law in 2008
Listed in Washington, DC, Super Lawyers 2007 for Criminal Defense: White Collar
Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers Global 2008, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, US Litigation: Trial Lawyers
Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers USA 2007, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
Highly recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006 for Dispute Resolution
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1995
Special Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, "October Surprise" investigation, 1992
Associate Independent Counsel, Iran-Contra Affair, 1988
Special Prosecutor for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska, 1988

Success Stories

News

Speaking Engagements

Lucinda Low, Reid Weingarten at 16th National FCPA Conference, November 8, 2006, The Premier Legal & Regulatory Anti-Corruption Compliance Event

Publications

Corporate Fraud Defense Report (Vol 1 No 6)
June 2006
Defense Witness Immunity Doctrine
The Time Has Come To Give It Strength to Address Prosecutorial Overreaching
June 2006, American Criminal Law Review
Corporate Fraud Defense Report (Vol 1 No 5)
May 2006
Corporate Fraud Defense Report (Vol 1 No 4)
April 2006
Corporate Fraud Defense Report ( Vol 1 No 3)
March 2006
Corporate Fraud Defense Report ( Vol 1 No 2)
February 2006
Corporate Fraud Defense Report (Vol 1 No 1)
January 2006
Representing the General Counsel
2004, Litigation Magazine

Professional Affiliations

Co-founder, See Forever Foundation, juvenile offender aftercare program, 1995-present
Council Member, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, 1996-1997
Chairman, White Collar Crime Committee, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, 1992-1994