Overview
Bruce Bishop focuses his practice on white-collar criminal defense and appellate advocacy. Bruce represents individual, corporate, and nonprofit clients in federal appeals in the areas of white-collar criminal defense, civil RICO, labor, FCPA, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, construction, customs, tax, FOIA, and disability discrimination. He is admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court and nine US Courts of Appeals, and has argued appeals in the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and DC Circuits.
In 2000, Bruce served as a "loaned associate" at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, where he represented clients in the areas of family relations, landlord-tenant, and public benefits.
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US District Court, District of Columbia
- US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1996-1997
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1996, Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review, Order of the Coif, Edgar F. Shannon Award
- B.A., University of Virginia, 1987
Representative Matters
- Member of trial team that successfully defended former Teamsters President Ron Carey.
- Participated in the defense of executives from America Online, HealthSouth, Tyco, Rite Aid, and Archer Daniels Midland.
News & Publications
Press Releases
May 15, 2023
Publications
The Trouble with Gov't Interview Notes in Criminal Defense
Law360
August 17, 2022
By: Brian M. Heberlig, Bruce C. Bishop, Nicholas P. Silverman
Publications
FISC Features a Case Study by Steptoe Lawyers Exploring the Prosecution of Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad
FISC
December 2021 – January 2022
By: Edward J. Krauland, Brian M. Heberlig, Nicholas P. Silverman, Bruce C. Bishop
Client Alerts
Insider Trading Developments Trigger New Liability Concerns
June 16, 2021
By: Michael Campion Miller, Michelle L. Levin, Bruce C. Bishop
Publications
'Blaszczak' and the ITPA: Toward a Statutory Definition for Insider Trading?
New York Law Journal
April 20, 2021
By: Michael Campion Miller, Michelle L. Levin, Bruce C. Bishop
Media Mentions
Media Cover Steptoe's Success in Uncovering Prosecutorial Misconduct in the SDNY
March 10, 2021
Publications
Advocating For Broad Brady Orders Under New Criminal Rule
Law360
February 16, 2021
By: Brian M. Heberlig, Bruce C. Bishop, Nicholas P. Silverman
Publications
Insider Trading on Government Information
New York Law Journal
December 1, 2020
By: Michael Campion Miller, Michelle L. Levin, Bruce C. Bishop
Noteworthy
- Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2013-2022)