Practice Focus:
Institutional Plaintiffs' Litigation
Government Enforcement Defense
Internal Investigations & Monitorships
Asset Forfeiture, Tracing & Recovery
Class & Derivative Action Defense
Whistleblower Representation
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STEVEN G. KOBRE
steven.kobre@kobrekim.com
Steven G. Kobre is an experienced trial lawyer who has served as lead counsel in numerous high-profile jury trials. Before founding Kobre & Kim LLP, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, as well as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.
Recent Engagements:
Mr. Kobre's recent complex civil matters include:
- Representation of a large foreign bank in a dispute against a Wall Street investment bank arising from the collapse of a $2 billion credit facility
- Representation of a Fortune 500 company in a multimillion dollar standby letter of credit dispute against a major commercial bank
- Representation of Deutsche Bank in litigation in a multimillion dollar dispute with an interdealer broker concerning trades in bankruptcy of "when-issued" stock
- Representation of investment bankers in federal dispute alleging $750 million in damages arising out of the collapse of the subprime mortgage Collateralized Debt Obligations ("CDO") market
Mr. Kobre's recent government enforcement defense and investigative matters include:
- Representation of a partner of a multi-billion dollar hedge fund in a criminal prosecution involving alleged fraudulent conduct
- Representation of a large public company in the airline industry in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into alleged price-fixing in air cargo surcharges
- Representation of a large investment bank in conducting an internal investigation involving the review and analysis of more than 2 million documents and its resolution before the Securities & Exchange Commission
- Representation of a Fortune 500 company in an internal investigation into violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Representation of a corporate executive relating to claims of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act before the Securities & Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice
- Service as a court-appointed monitor overseeing the conduct of a government contractor
- Advisory work to a large public utility and an investment bank on issues relating to asset forfeiture of funds in excess of $50 million
- Representation of major public utility in shadowing government's asset forfeiture proceedings to ensure adequacy of recovery
- Conducted asset tracing and forfeiture proceedings involving money embezzled by an executive at a Swiss financial institution, and use of stolen funds to purchase and improve a large five-star hotel in the United States
- Handled asset forfeiture, remission and mitigation issues before the U.S. Department of Justice involving numerous potential owner, owner-victim, and nonowner-victim claimants
- Managed asset forfeiture proceedings and international investigations conducted in connection with disputed ownership claims over a famous rare coin issued by the United States Mint, eventually auctioned at Sotheby's
- Conducted asset forfeiture proceedings involving financial institutions and bank accounts in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and related criminal investigations and prosecutions for money laundering and wire fraud
Prior To Kobre & Kim LLP:
While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Kobre focused on white-collar criminal cases as a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. Mr. Kobre also served in the Asset Forfeiture Unit, where he litigated numerous civil and criminal asset forfeiture cases, and received the John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement for Asset Forfeiture awarded by the Attorney General of the United States.
Prior to his time at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Kobre worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. During his time as an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Kobre prosecuted a wide range of cases, including armed robbery, financial fraud, murder and narcotics trafficking.
After law school, Mr. Kobre clerked for the Honorable Lowell A. Reed, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Professional & Community Involvement:
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
- Federal Bar Council, Member
- International Bar Association, Member
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers, Member
News & Publications:
- "The SEC's January 2006 Guidelines For the Imposition of Penalties", 20 Corporate Counsel Newsletter 3, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association (American Bar Association Spring (2006))
- "Cooperating with the Investigators and its Impact on Employees", 21 Corporate Counsel Newsletter 1 (American Bar Association Fall (2006))
- Served as a lecturer on civil and criminal asset forfeiture issues in a seminar sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 2007
- Annual lectures on international criminal law topics most recently in Japan and Korea
- Selected to New York Super Lawyers 2007
- Hedge Fund Activism (Hedge Fund General Counsel Summit, Connecticut, September 2007)
- Instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program
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