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David Richards
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- Associate
- New York
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David Richards works on litigation matters, with an emphasis on white-collar criminal defense and government investigations. Dave’s work involves advising and representing individuals and entities in connection with regulatory enforcement actions, criminal trials and internal investigations, as well as civil cases at both the trial and appellate level, in federal and state court.
Most recently, Dave served as a member of the trial team defending the founder of a limited partnership family office with more than $36 billion in assets under management in a 10-week trial on charges of market manipulation, fraud and RICO conspiracy. He also served as a key member of several other criminal defense teams, including representing through sentencing the chief financial officer of a pharmaceutical company in connection with insider trading charges; the former chief financial officer of a San Francisco-based commercial bank in connection with regulatory and civil matters after the bank’s collapse; the U.S. governing body of a global religious organization in connection with the fraud prosecution of a former executive; and a politician in connection with a corruption investigation.
Experience
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Represented the founder of a limited partnership family office with more than $36 billion in assets under management in a 10-week trial on charges of market manipulation, fraud and RICO conspiracy.
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Represents the former chief financial officer of San Francisco-based commercial bank in connection with regulatory and civil matters after the bank collapse.
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Represented the former chief financial officer of a pharmaceutical company in connection with insider-trading charges that resulted in a non-prison sentence.
Credentials
Education
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J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 2017 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize
- James Kent Scholar
- Managing Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
- Teaching Assistant, Civil Procedure
- Research Assistant, Professor Suzanne Goldberg
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B.A., Political Science and History, Northwestern University, 2014
Bar Admissions
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New York, 2019
Clerkships
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Honorable Eric Komitee, U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York, 2020 - 2021
Languages
- Spanish
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