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Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Additional Practice Areas
- General Civil
- Litigation
- White Collar Crime Government Investigations
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New York
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- Mr. Pitofsky is admitted to the New York State Bar, U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and District of Puerto Rico.
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Professional Experience
- Partner
- Goodwin Procter LLP
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- #longPEBdisplay:none;Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Pitofsky worked for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he was Principal Deputy Chief of the Office’s Criminal Division. His distinguished tenure in the United States Attorney’s Office included his work as lead investigator and prosecutor in United States v. Computer Associates International, Inc. Mr. Pitofsky spearheaded this highly complex, high profile, two-year corporate fraud investigation that resulted in securities fraud and obstruction of justice convictions of, among others, the company’s CFO and general counsel, as well as a deferred prosecution agreement with the company that included a $225 million payment of restitution. Based on his role in this case and other complex corporate fraud prosecutions which he supervised while in the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Pitofsky has a unique understanding and grasp of these complex cases, including the operation of the deferred prosecution agreements, restitution funds and monitorships that are normally established in connection with the resolution of such cases. Some of Mr. Pitofsky’s other significant prosecutions included: United States v. Dennis Gaito, in which he and co-counsel secured conviction after jury trial of a CPA on charges including securities fraud conspiracy and domestic and international money laundering; United States v. Jui-Teng Lin, in which he investigated and secured conviction after...more »Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Pitofsky worked for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he was Principal Deputy Chief of the Office’s Criminal Division. His distinguished tenure in the United States Attorney’s Office included his work as lead investigator and prosecutor in United States v. Computer Associates International, Inc. Mr. Pitofsky spearheaded this highly complex, high profile, two-year corporate fraud investigation that resulted in securities fraud and obstruction of justice convictions of, among others, the company’s CFO and general counsel, as well as a deferred prosecution agreement with the company that included a $225 million payment of restitution. Based on his role in this case and other complex corporate fraud prosecutions which he supervised while in the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Pitofsky has a unique understanding and grasp of these complex cases, including the operation of the deferred prosecution agreements, restitution funds and monitorships that are normally established in connection with the resolution of such cases. Some of Mr. Pitofsky’s other significant prosecutions included: United States v. Dennis Gaito, in which he and co-counsel secured conviction after jury trial of a CPA on charges including securities fraud conspiracy and domestic and international money laundering; United States v. Jui-Teng Lin, in which he investigated and secured conviction after jury trial of the CEO of a public company who falsely touted development of groundbreaking lasers for eye surgery, on charges of securities fraud and international money laundering; and United States v. James and Elizabeth Sanders, in which he secured conviction after trial jury of a self-styled investigation journalist and his flight attendant wife who conspired to steal from a secure location part of the recovered wreckage of TWA Flight 800.In his role as Principal Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, Mr. Pitofsky was involved with shaping the policies, procedures and objectives of the Criminal Division as well as supervising approximately 100 criminal prosecutors. His particular areas of focus were corporate fraud, terrorism and capital crimes. Additionally, the United States Attorney, who was a member of the President’s Corporate Fraud Task Force, appointed Mr. Pitofsky to be her representative on two of the Task Force’s working groups which focused on creative corporate resolutions and emerging trends in corporate fraud. Mr. Pitofsky began his tenure in the Criminal Division in 1996 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.Mr. Pitofsky is an experienced and highly-regarded courtroom lawyer. While in the United States Attorney’s Office, he was first chair in 10 jury trials, all of which resulted in convictions. In addition, he tried numerous additional cases as co-counsel and argued and won 14 appeals in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.Prior to his work within the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Pitofsky was an associate in the Litigation Department at Donovan Leisure Newton Irvine, where he practiced commercial litigation primarily in the areas of securities fraud and antitrust.Following law school, Mr. Pitofsky served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jaime Pieras, Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. less »
Education
- While attending law school
- Mr. Pitofsky was presented with the American Jurisprudence Award for legal ethics, and served as an Executive Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
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- Georgetown University Law Center
- J.D.
- Graduating Dean's List
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- University of Michigan
- B.A.
- high honors
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