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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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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" ranking by Chambers USA in both...

Senior Counsel

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

Brian Heberlig
Brian M. Heberlig
Brian Heberlig is a first-chair white-collar criminal defense lawyer with more than 25 years of jury trial experience in complex, high-profile criminal cases nationwide. Brian is a Fellow of the...

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,...

Of Counsel

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

Nicholas Silverman
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 individuals and companies in criminal investigations and prosecutions, and internal investigations and compliance. He has defended clients against a wide range of allegations by...

Associate

White-Collar Defense, Independent & Internal Investigations

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