Overview
(March 1, 2022, Washington DC) – On March 1, Brian M. Heberlig, co-chair of Steptoe's Investigations and White-Collar Defense group and a member of the firm's Executive Committee, appeared on the podcast For the Defense, which features interviews of defense attorneys discussing their most fascinating trials. In this episode, Heberlig sat down with host David Oscar Markus at his White Collar Law seminar at the University of Miami School of Law to discuss the trial of businessman Ali Sadr, a criminal Iran sanctions case tried in the Southern District of New York, resulting in a rare post-trial dismissal with prejudice following the revelation of prosecutorial misconduct.
In reference to the case, Heberlig told For the Defense, upon learning that the government intended to dismiss the case, "on the one hand, I was overjoyed for the outcome for my client, but on the other, I thought. . . what else must be out there to cause to government to do this." Heberlig discussed with Markus the shocking disclosures that followed, leading to two lengthy court opinions detailing the prosecutorial misconduct.
Heberlig is a first-chair white-collar criminal defense lawyer with more than 20 years of jury trial experience in complex, high-profile criminal cases nationwide. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a two-time winner of The American Lawyer Litigator of the Week. He is described in Chambers USA as a "revered member of the DC trial bar" who is "extremely detail-oriented, strategic and very skilled" in the courtroom.
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About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s Chair is a woman; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders; and the firm’s twelve-person elected compensation committee is headed by a woman and includes five women as members. The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.
