Phone: 914-946-5900
Email Address: kerry@kerrylawrencelaw.com
Kerry Lawrence
Membership Type: Member
Firm: Law Office of Kerry Lawrence
Office: 140 Grand Street, Suite 705, White Plains, NY. 10601
Member Bio
Kerry A. Lawrence received his undergraduate and law degrees from Emory University. After five years in private practice in Connecticut, Mr. Lawrence served for 10 years as an Assistant U.S. 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, Mr. Lawrence has represented clients in New York and throughout the country in cases involving mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, public corruption, securities fraud and insider trading, false claims, embezzlement and theft, immigration fraud, and money laundering, among others. He has also represented persons investigated for or charged with numerous other criminal offenses, such as racketeering, extortion, criminal civil rights violations, weapons possession, Internet sex offenses, sexual misconduct, drug trafficking, assault and robbery. Mr. Lawrence also represents individuals who are witnesses or victims of crimes.
Admitted
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New York, 1990
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U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2001
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1999
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1988
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1989
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U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 2002
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Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1984
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Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1983
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 2000
Education
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J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1983
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B.A., Emory University, 1980
Professional Memberships
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American Bar Association, White Collar Crime Section
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New York Council of Defense Lawyers
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National Order of Barristers
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Super Lawyers