KERRY A. LAWRENCE received his undergraduate and law degrees from Emory University. After five years in private practice in Connecticut, Mr. Lawrence served for ten years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. As a prosecutor, he investigated and tried a wide variety of federal crimes, including tax, mail, wire and bank fraud, foreign corrupt practices, public corruption, racketeering, murder and civil rights. For two years he served as Deputy Assistant-In-Charge of the White Plains Branch office, where he was responsible for supervising all federal prosecutions and investigations in six New York counties. In private practice since 1999, he has represented clients in cases involving mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, public corruption, false claims, embezzlement and theft, immigration fraud, and money laundering, among others. He has also represented persons investigated for or charged with miscellaneous other criminal offenses, such racketeering, extortion, criminal civil rights violations, weapons possession, internet sex offenses, sexual misconduct, drug trafficking, assault, and robbery. In addition to his criminal defense practice, Mr. Lawrence has represented individuals sued in both federal and state courts for alleged civil rights and discrimination violations.
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Practice Areas
Criminal Defense; White Collar Criminal Defense; Health Care Fraud Defense; Drug Crimes; Driving While Intoxicated Defense; Civil Litigation; Corporate Investigations; Internal Investigations; Civil Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Federal Criminal Law; Grand Jury Practice; RICO Defense; Money Laundering Defense; Homicide; Securities Fraud Defense; Tax Evasion Defense; IRS
| Admitted |
1983, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1984, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1990, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia |
| Law School |
Emory University School of Law, J.D. |
| Biography |
Member: Moot Court Special Teams; Holderness National Constitutional Law Moot Court Team; National Order of Barristers; National Moot Court Team. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1988-1999. Deputy Assistant In Charge, White Plains Branch, 1997-1999. Highest rating for reaching the height of professional excellence and in recognition for the highest levels of skill and integrity. |
| Born |
New York, N.Y., September 27, 1958 |
| ISLN |
905589167 |