Richard F. "Rich" Albert

Richard F. Albert is a white collar criminal and regulatory defense attorney who also handles civil litigation. His cases have included charges of market manipulation, insider trading, and accounting irregularities, as well as claimed violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, healthcare fraud, money laundering, antitrust violations, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice. He's also handled internal investigations and complex civil litigation and arbitration for public businesses, banks, brokerage firms, hedge funds, and their executives and employees.

He has been described as a "great all-around white-collar litigator" by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations. He has a terrific rapport with both clients and prosecutors, as well as excellent judgment." Rich has been named a "Litigation Star" in the category of White-Collar Crime/Enforcement/Investigations by Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys. In the areas of White Collar Criminal Defense and Securities Litigation, he has been recommended by the Legal 500 United States. Legal Who's Who - Rich has been acknowledged as a premier corporate criminal defense and investigative lawyer by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. In addition, he has been named to Thomson Reuter's Super Lawyers list.

Richard received the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing in 2018. He is a co-author of the New York Law Journal's "White Collar Crime" column. Rich also talks at CLE seminars on white collar criminal defense and legal ethics on a regular basis.

Richard is a member of the Legal Aid Society's Board of Directors as well as the Federal Bar Council's Federal Bar Foundation Board. He was also a member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers' board of directors.

Richard served on the federal Criminal Justice Act Panel for many years, representing destitute defendants. He worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York earlier in his career, where he handled a wide range of criminal investigations and trials.

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude
• University of Pennsylvania - Wharton, B.S., summa cum laude

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar