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Media Mentions | July 23, 2020

Am Law Litigation Daily Shines Spotlight on Steptoe's Post-Trial Win in Iran Sanctions Case

Overview

The Am Law Litigation Daily featured Steptoe's post-trial success in an Iran sanctions criminal case in an article titled "How Steptoe Turned the Tables on SDNY Prosecutors in Iran Sanctions Case." The article, published July 23, details how a Steptoe white-collar team, led by Reid Weingarten and Brian Heberlig, "relentlessly pursued potential exculpatory evidence they suspected the government withheld" in the prosecution of their client, an American-educated businessman born in Iran.  

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Professionals

Reid Weingarten
Reid H. Weingarten
Reid Weingarten is widely recognized as one of the nation's top white-collar criminal defense lawyers. Since 2013, Reid has been given the rare distinction of a "Star" and "Senior Statesperson"...

Senior Counsel

White-Collar Defense, Securities Enforcement, Congressional Oversight & Investigations, Independent & Internal Investigations

Brian Heberlig
Brian M. Heberlig
Brian Heberlig is one of the nation's leading white-collar criminal defense trial lawyers, known for winning high-stakes federal jury trials and dismantling complex government prosecutions. He...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Securities Enforcement, Anti-Corruption/FCPA

David Matthew Fragale
David Matthew Fragale
David Fragale's practice is primarily devoted to white-collar criminal defense matters. He has defended corporate and individual clients at all stages of state and federal criminal proceedings,...

Senior Counsel

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Securities Enforcement, Anti-Corruption/FCPA

Nicholas P. Silverman
Nick Silverman is an up-and-coming star of the white-collar defense bar, who has been recognized by Bloomberg Law as one of the "Five Fresh Faces to Know in White Collar Defense."Nick represents...

Partner

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations, Campaign Finance & Political Law

James Purce
James M. Purce
James Purce represents corporate and individual clients in criminal investigations and prosecutions, internal investigations and compliance, and civil litigation. He applies his experience across a...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations

Practices

White-Collar Defense

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