Experience

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Catherine Redlich has been a white-collar criminal defense attorney for over thirty years, and is consistently recognized by Super Lawyers and The New York Area's Best Lawyers as among the top practitioners in her field. For 25 consecutive years she has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer review rating, AV Preeminent, for legal ability and ethical standards. Ms. Redlich received her law degree from the Harvard Law School, where she was Articles Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and was awarded a Public Interest Fellowship. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees, with Honors, from the University of Michigan. Following law school, Ms. Redlich served for two years as law clerk to the Honorable Charles S. Haight, Jr., United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York. She joined a prominent white-collar defense firm in New York following her judicial clerkship, and became its first woman partner before co-founding Driscoll & Redlich.

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Practice

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Ms. Redlich's interest in white-collar criminal defense developed during her federal clerkship in Manhattan, the venue for many high-profile business prosecutions. She handles a broad range of criminal and regulatory matters, with special expertise in securities fraud, tax and accounting fraud, insider trading, public corruption, criminal antitrust, sentencing litigation, appellate advocacy, disciplinary matters and regulatory proceedings.

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Ms. Redlich is frequently tapped by corporate counsel to represent principals, senior executives, and employees of investment banking firms, brokerage firms, and hedge funds in state and federal securities prosecutions, as well as in civil enforcement matters and internal corporate investigations. On at least five occasions, she has averted S.E.C. enforcement actions against clients with persuasive Wells Submissions to the Commission. Her clients have included former and current officers and employees of Nomura, Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Ernst & Young, KPMG, UBS, McKinsey & Company, McGladrey & Pullen, Novartis, and Columbia University, among others. Ms. Redlich also regularly represents attorneys, accountants, doctors, and business owners in investigations of offenses ranging from payroll tax fraud to antitrust violations to disciplinary matters. See Representative Matters

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Memberships

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Ms. Redlich is an active member of several bar associations and groups of defense practitioners. She was elected to and served on the Board of Directors of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, the premier white-collar defense organization in New York, and currently is Chairman of its Membership Committee. She is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where she has served on the Criminal Law and Litigation Committees; the American Bar Association, sections on Criminal Justice and Litigation; and the Women’s White-Collar Defense Association.

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Presentations

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Ms. Redlich often participates as a panelist or speaker on criminal law topics. Examples include:

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Author and Panelist: "The ABC's of Federal Criminal Litigation: Exploring Dispositions," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Center for Continuing Legal Education

 

Author: "Representation Prior to a Criminal Tax Investigation," American Bar Association, Center for Continuing Legal Education

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Author: "Prosecutors Wield Powerful Weapon of Civil Forfeiture," New York Law Journal

 

Moderator: "Counseling the Client Facing Prison," The New York Council of Defense Lawyers and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Center for Continuing Legal Education

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Panelist: "The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Overhauled and Unveiled," Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Center for Continuing Legal Education

 

Speaker: "Careers in Criminal Law," The Harvard Law School

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Outside Boards

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Ms. Redlich is active outside of the legal community as well. She is a co-founder and trustee of the Redlich Horwitz Foundation, which focuses on improving the long-term outcomes for children in New York’s foster care system by grant making and collaborative partnerships with policy advocates, service providers, government agencies, and foster youth. Ms. Redlich also serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan, as well as the English Department Advisory Board, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ancram Opera House, a non-profit organization bringing performing arts to the Hudson Valley.

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