Harlan Protass | New York Criminal Lawyer | New York

Harlan J. Protass

Harlan J. Protass

Litigation, White Collar Crime, RICO Act, Criminal, General Practice, Banking & Finance, SEC Enforcement, Appellate & Post-Conviction Litigation, Regulatory Matters

Experience: 29 years
Language(s): English

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About Harlan

Harlan Protass has close to twenty years experience in the areas of criminal defense, governmental enforcement proceedings and complex commercial litigation.

Harlan represents individuals and business organizations in federal
and state court matters involving a broad spectrum of charges, such as securities fraud, insider trading, wire and mail fraud, money laundering, embezzlement and larceny, as well as RICO violations and tax offenses. His background in the financial services industry brings valuable insights to the defense of clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by regulatory authorities ranging from the SEC and FINRA to the IRS and New York State Department of Taxation.

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Experience

Partner

Clayman & Rosenberg LLP

2010-Present

Self-Employed

Law Offices of Harlan J. Protass, PLLC

2008-2010

Special Counsel

O'Shea Partners LLP

2002-2007

Associate

Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Sheinfeld

1998-2002

Associate

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy

1995-1997

Analyst

Kidder Peabody

1990-1992

Admission

Verified New York

1996

Education

Cornell University

B.S. (Applied Economics and Business Management)

1988

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • New York Council of Defense Lawyers
  • New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Association of the Bar of City of New York
  • UJA-Federation -- Criminal Law Committee

Notable Work

Publications

Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law, Slate (July 29, )

2013


A Saner Approach to Sentencing, Wall Street Journal (May 8, )

2013


The Government Can Read Your Emails, But a New Law Might Stop Them, The Huffington Post (November 28, )

2012


Rajat Gupta Could Go to Prison for 10 Years for Insider Trading Even Though He Wasn’t A Major Player Is that Fair?, Slate (October 22, )

2012


Take Their Money and Run The government should fine the hell out of Rajat Gupta instead of criminally prosecuting him, Slate (May 18, )

2012


Clayman & Rosenberg LLP Highlights

Criminal, Complex Litigation

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