Reid H. Weingarten

Partner

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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.

Representative Matters

Recent representations include:

• Former WorldCom CEO, Bernard Ebbers;
• Former Enron Accounting Officer, Richard Causey;
• Former General Counsel of Tyco, Mark Belnick;
• Former CEO of Duane Reade, Anthony Cuti;
• Former President of Monster.com, James Treacy;
• Former CEO of Neteller, Gordon Herman;
• Washington, D.C. Developer, Douglas Jemal;
• Navy Quarterback, Lamar Owens;
• Former CEO of Gen Re, Elizabeth Monrad;
• Washington, D.C. Detective Eric Brown; and
• The Republic of Kazakhstan.

Some prior representations include:

• Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ronald Brown;
• Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, A. Michael Espy;
• Former Teamsters President, Ronald Carey;
• Former Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation Committee, Bud Shuster;
• U.S. Treasury Department Chief of Staff, Joshua Steiner;
• Yah Lin (Charlie) Trie and Pauline Kanchanalak (in connection with the D.N.C fundraising investigations)
• Former Press Secretary to Henry Cisneros, John Rosales;
• Managing Director and Head of Global Finance for Credit Suisse First Boston, William Brady;

Mr. Weingarten has also represented clients in the following high-profile investigations:

• Whitewater investigation;
• Columbia HCA investigation;
• Archer Daniels Midland investigation;
• Drexel investigation;
• Salomon Brothers investigation;
• III Wind investigation;
• BCCI investigation;
• G.E./Israel investigation;
• FDA/generic drug & tobacco investigation;
• House Bank investigation;
• Democratic National Convention Fundraising investigation.

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 served 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 has taught 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 US Attorney General Eric Holder, of a non-profit program, See Forever Foundation, which is designed to assist juvenile offenders in rehabilitation to prevent recidivism.

Speaking Engagements

• Giants of the Trial Bar: Handling High Profile Cases, New York City Bar Center for CLE, April 17, 2008;
• Corporate Counsel Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, March 6-7, 2008;
• Subpoenaing Sources: Lessons for the Libby Case, ABA Section Criminal Justice, October 18, 2007;
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, American Conference Institute, March 27-28, 2007;
• New Challenges, New Opportunities, Council of Institutional Investors, March 19, 2007;
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, American Conference Institute, November 8-9, 2006;
• National Institute on Securities Fraud, ABA Section Criminal Justice, September 28-29, 2006;
• National Convention of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, June 16, 2006;
• Defending the White Collar Case, Georgetown CLE and NACDL, September 22-23, 2005.

Noteworthy

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America for White-Collar Criminal Defense, 1993-2012 
• Listed as one of the Most Influential Lawyers in White-Collar Defense in the National Law Journal, 2011
• Listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for White-Collar, 2011
• Listed in Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America, 2011
• Named a Superstar in Criminal Defense by Washingtonian magazine, 2011
• Who's Who Legal Global Business Crime Defense Lawyer of the Year, 2007-2011
• Named as a leading attorney in Chambers Global 2008-2011: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)
• Received a #1 Ranking in Chambers USA 2008-2011: America's Leading Business Lawyers; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
• Distinguished as a Top 100 attorney in Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2011
• Listed in Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2007-2011
• Washington, DC White-Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year for 2010 by Best Lawyers
• Listed as a "Hall of Famer" in Ethisphere’s 2009 Attorneys Who Matter for Traditional White Collar
• Recommended by Legal 500 US 2008 for Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense  
• Lawyer of the Year, Business Crimes, 2007 -  Who's Who Legal
• Leading Lawyer, Litigation - Legal Times, 2006
• Leading Lawyer, Litigation - Legal Times, 2003
• Career Achievement Award - Dickinson Law School, 2001
• 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
• EuroMoney's Expert Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers (2008, 2010)
• EuroMoney's Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA (2009, 2011)

Select News & Events

• Law360 Names Steptoe ‘White Collar Group of the Year’
• Washingtonian Names Nine Steptoe Partners ‘Best Lawyers’
• Steptoe Receives 67 Individual Mentions from Best Lawyers
• Law360 Features Steptoe Victory in 'How They Won It'
• The National Law Journal Profiles Reid Weingarten in Annual ‘Winning’ Feature
• Reid Weingarten Named ‘Litigator of the Week’

Selected 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