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Dani R. James
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- Partner
- Co-Chair, White Collar Defense and Investigations
- New York
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Dani R. James represents executives, directors and officers, and other individuals, as well as companies, in sensitive, complicated and often high-profile criminal and regulatory trials, hearings, investigations and other proceedings conducted by federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, among other agencies. A former federal prosecutor, Dani defends clients in a broad range of white collar criminal and regulatory matters, including allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, public corruption, bid-rigging, tax fraud and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Experience
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Represents an investment management firm in a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice involving allegations of bid rigging.
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Represents a former senior executive of a multinational oil services firm in investigations by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission of alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Represents current and former officers and employees of an agricultural products company in an SEC investigation of alleged accounting irregularities.
Credentials
Education
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J.D., Yale Law School, 1995 -
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University, 1990
Bar Admissions
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New York, 1996
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Illinois (inactive), 1998
Court Admissions
- U.S.C.A., 2nd Circuit
- U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York
- U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York
Professional Affiliations
- Federal Defenders, board member
- The Office of the Appellate Defenders, board member
- Legal Outreach, advisory board
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers, vice president
- When There Are Nine Scholarship Project, steering committee
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