Jeffrey I. Lang has decades of experience representing clients in securities litigation and complex commercial and financial matters in federal and state courts, as well as in mediation and arbitral proceedings. Jeffrey has advised on multiple M&A transactions and he has extensive experience representing boards of directors and their special committees in the context of shareholder derivative and class actions and other matters involving corporate governance and fiduciary duties. Jeffrey regularly represents corporate and individual clients in connection with federal criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as advises boards in connection with internal investigations. He is recognized in The Legal 500 in its white-collar criminal defense category. Jeffrey is also recognized by Super Lawyers for business litigation in New York.
Prior to joining the firm, Jeffrey practiced at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Walter J. Cummings, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Jeffrey graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he received the Order of the Coif and was an Articles Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal.
This program is an introduction to the procedural challenges and complexities of defending against a federal civil forfeiture action. The Department of Justice is increasingly using the civil forfeiture actions to combat criminal activities, includin...