Leah B. Grossi

• Prepared high-level government witnesses for congressional hearings and briefings, including U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Special Counsel Robert K. Hur.
• Represented a major U.S. bank in a high-profile investigation by the Department of Justice into the origination and sale of residential mortgage backed securities.
• Represented leading automobile manufacturers in connection with government investigations and multi-jurisdictional civil litigation relating to a series of high-profile vehicle recalls.
• Represented JPMorgan Chase in the first bank civil lawsuit arising out of the subprime mortgage financial crisis. JPMorgan Chase won summary judgment on all of its claims in a federal fraud and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit brought by Bank of America against JPMorgan Chase’s Bear Stearns Asset Management ("BSAM") unit in connection with a $4 billion collateralized debt obligation transaction.
• Served as General Counsel for the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, an organization that is committed to creating and sustaining high quality ethics and compliance programs throughout the world.
• Represented the Creditors Committee in the Magna Entertainment bankruptcy in litigation concerning the recharacterization of debt and equitable subordination claims.
• Represented individuals and corporations in Department of Justice, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, New York Attorney General, and New York Department of Taxation and Finance investigations.
• As an Assistant United States Attorney, prosecuted and investigated a wide variety of federal criminal matters, including cases involving wire and bank fraud, money laundering, identity theft, false tax preparation and returns, government contract fraud, theft of government property, and graft.
• Served as lead counsel on a wide variety of state criminal matters on behalf of The Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division in Manhattan.
• Represented the Bronx Bureau of the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel as a Public Service Attorney.
• Represented several Uighurs, a persecuted Muslim minority group from western China, who were wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.

Leah B. Grossi counsels corporate clients and senior executives through high-impact, bet-the-company government investigations and enforcement actions. A former federal prosecutor with senior experience at the Department of Justice and the White House Counsel’s Office, Leah brings an inside perspective to protecting reputations, minimizing legal exposure, and achieving favorable outcomes in high-stakes criminal and civil matters.