Practice Focus:

Institutional Plaintiffs' Litigation

Government Enforcement Defense

Internal Investigations & Monitorships

Asset Forfeiture, Tracing & Recovery

Class & Derivative Action Defense

Whistleblower Representation

Education:

The City University of New York Law School at Queens College, J.D.

The State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A.

Admissions:

New York

Florida

New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court of New Jersey

U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

MATTHEW I. MENCHEL
matthew.menchel@kobrekim.com

Miami:
1111 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 33131
Tel. 305.967.6108
Fax. 305.967.6128

New York:
800 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022
Tel. 212.488.1208
Fax. 212.488.1228

Matthew I. Menchel is a highly regarded and well-known trial attorney who regularly teaches trial techniques to practicing attorneys. Prior to joining Kobre & Kim LLP, Mr. Menchel served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney as well as the former Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, and as a trial instructor and Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney's Office.

Recent Engagements:

• Representation of Brian Hunter, the former co-head of energy trading at Amaranth, in connection with a administrative hearing against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in proceedings involving more than $300 million in potential fines and penalties for respondents
• Lead trial attorney in $170 million federal bank fraud case in trial lasting over five months
• Lead trial attorney in multi-million dollar bankruptcy fraud case in federal district court
• Co-lead trial counsel in multi-million dollar health fraud case in federal district court
• Representation of an investment banking group of a foreign-based investment bank in multi-million dollar federal lawsuit by their former employer for alleged theft of trade secrets and alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA")

Prior To Kobre & Kim LLP:

While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Menchel served in the U.S. Attorney's Office's Economic Crimes and Public Corruption units where he handled large complex white collar cases. As Chief of the Criminal Division, Mr. Menchel supervised over 150 federal prosecutors. Mr. Menchel also served for eleven years as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office during which time he trained numerous Assistant District Attorneys in trial advocacy as Director of Legal Training.

Professional & Community Involvement:

• National Institute for Trial Advocacy ("NITA") and the Cardozo School of Law's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Faculty Member
• University of Miami School of Law's Litigation Skills Program, Adjunct Professor

News & Publications:

• Co-author of the treatise New York Criminal Law (West Publications)