Seth C. Farber

Seth C. Farber

Seth Farber is a partner in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Litigation Department and a member of the firm's Litigation Policy Committee. Mr. Farber has tried numerous federal cases to juries and is an experienced appellate advocate who has argued both civil and criminal appeals in federal circuit courts around the country. Mr. Farber's practice includes white collar criminal defense and corporate internal investigations, SEC investigations, securities litigation, corporate governance litigation and litigation associated with mergers and acquisitions. He has also provided pro bono representation to indigent criminal defendants as a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel in the Southern District of New York.

Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Farber was a law clerk for the Honorable Joseph L. Tauro, United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Mr. Farber then worked for five years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he concentrated in prosecuting white collar crime, including commercial fraud and securities fraud.

Representative Matters

· Representation of multinational corporations and executives in international criminal antitrust investigations of global cartels;

· Representation of the outside directors of Kmart Corporation in connection with investigations by the Department of Justice, the SEC and Congress, as well as in breach of fiduciary duty litigation regarding Kmart's 401(k) plan;

· Representation of a major financial institution in grand jury and SEC investigations and parallel nationwide fraud and civil RICO litigation;

· Representation of controller of Dreier LLP in connection with investigations by the Department of Justice and the SEC;

· Representation of investment bank in civil litigation and government investigations relating to collapse of National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc.;

· Representation of Omnicare, Inc. in its successful hostile tender offer for NCS Healthcare, Inc.;

· Internal investigation of accounting issues for the Audit Committee of a Fortune 500 company;

· Internal investigation of suspected accounting errors for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Warnaco;

· Representation of a mutual fund executive in connection with parallel investigations by the New York State Attorney General and the SEC;

· Representation of an investment banker in connection with the research analyst investigations conducted by the NYS Attorney General and the NASD;

· Representation of a former Arthur Andersen partner in Enron matters;

· Representation of a former CEO in an insider trading investigation; and

· Representation of the CEO of a pharmaceutical distribution company in a federal grand jury investigation into counterfeit drugs.

Selected Activities

· American Bar Association

· Section of Litigation

· Federal Bar Council

· Program Committee

Honors

· Burton Award for Legal Achievement, 2007

Speeches and Programs

· "The Intertwined Roles of Attorneys and Forensic Accountants," NYU School for Continuing and Professional Studies: Prevention and Detection of Fraudulent Financial Reporting (Guest Lecture, June 29, 2009).

· "Defending the Corporation Against Indictment: Cooperation or Confrontation?" American Bar Association Annual Meeting (August 2002).

· "Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc.," Healthcare Transactions 2003 (April 1, 2003).

· "Lawyers as Criminal Defendants: Have the Rules Changed?" American Bar Association Annual Meeting (August 2004).

· Mr. Farber is also a frequently cited commentator on white collar crime. His views are regularly reported by the national media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC and Bloomberg News.