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Michael B. Himmel

Partner

New York / New Jersey
T: +1 646.414.6904 / +1 973.597.6172 F: +1 973.597.6173 mhimmel@lowenstein.com
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Michael Himmel has significant experience defending individuals and entities in high-profile white collar criminal matters and bet-the-company litigation. His clients benefit from his years of experience on both sides of the courtroom, as well as his deep-rooted commitment to the successful outcome of each matter he handles.

Michael's national white collar practice includes matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, criminal antitrust matters, health care fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, and political corruption, as well as internal investigations. His clients have included private and public corporations in various industries, including health care and life sciences, real estate, professional services, and the financial sector, as well as officers and directors of private and public corporations and state and federal officials.

Michael's broad experience in white collar criminal matters, including trial, has resulted in his retention in many sophisticated civil litigation matters involving securities and corporate litigation. He frequently represents plaintiffs in securities class actions and has reached settlements for his clients ranging from $84 million to $1.3 billion. Michael is the immediate past chair of Lowenstein’s litigation practice and the White Collar Defense Group, which he led from 2004 to 2023.

Michael served as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County, New York, and an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he led the prosecution and conviction of a New Jersey state senator, a former speaker of the state legislature, and a number of union officials. He is a past president of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey and a member of the Federal Bar Council, Second Circuit.

White Collar & Government Investigations

  • Successfully represented numerous entities accused of FCA and FCPA violations. Secured a deferred prosecution agreement for a global company that provides engineering and environmental consulting services to various federal, state, regional, and local governmental and quasi-governmental agencies. The case was initially brought as an FCA qui tam matter, which led to an investigation of alleged FCPA violations. The lead enforcement agencies were the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey.
  • Successfully represented one of the defendants named in a corruption scheme surrounding the former president of the United Nations General Assembly involving payments from sources in China for assistance in real estate deals and other business interests.
  • Successfully represented numerous individuals in the banking and securities industries who were the targets of investigations conducted by the DOJ and the SEC, including representing a client in connection with an SEC investigation concerning the potential mismanagement and/or misappropriation of funds of a multibillion-dollar international hedge fund.
  • Successfully represented audit committees of public companies in connection with internal investigations related to DOJ and SEC inquiries.
  • Successfully represented numerous individuals investigated for alleged insider trading violations.
  • Successfully represented numerous clients in federal antitrust investigations.
  • Successfully represented individuals who were the subjects of alleged tax-fraud violations.
  • Successfully represented individuals in political corruption investigations and prosecutions.
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Education

  • St. Louis University School of Law (J.D. 1974), Member, St. Louis University Law Review

    New York University (B.S. 1971)

Affiliations

  • Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey, Advisory Board

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

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