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.

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;
Arthur 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 Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2007—2010
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
#1 Ranking - Chambers Global 2008-2009, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, US Litigation: Trial Lawyers
Who's Who Legal for Business Crime Law in 2008
#1 Ranking - Chambers USA 2008, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
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
Military Court Success

Select News & Events

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