Carberry, Charles M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Charles Carberry practices in the areas of business crime and civil litigation. He co-chairs the Firm's Corporate Criminal Investigations Practice and has substantial experience in federal trials and defending SEC and other agencies' enforcement investigations and actions.

Charles has represented corporations and individuals in environmental, customs, tax, securities, and government contract criminal investigations. He has conducted internal investigations for the boards of brokerages and other companies into allegations of management misconduct. In 1989, he was appointed by the federal district court to investigate and administratively prosecute allegations of corruption and dishonesty in the Teamsters Union.

He is a member of the ABA (Litigation and Criminal Justice Sections) and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Securities Regulations Committee). He has authored numerous articles and has spoken frequently at seminars on white-collar crime, securities fraud, and money laundering.

Charles is on the boards of editors of the White Collar Crime Reporter, Business Crimes Bulletin, BNA/PCCA Compliance Manual, and the Money Laundering Law Report. He is an adjunct professor, teaching courses in corporate criminal law at Fordham University Law School. He currently serves on the Mayor's Commission to Combat Police Corruption, which oversees the NYPD's efforts to address officer corruption.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Trade
• Fraud & Other Business Crimes
• Government Contracts Investigations
• Internal Investigations
• Securities & Accounting Fraud
• State Attorneys General Investigations & Litigation

Representative Cases

• Certified public accountant defends SEC disciplinary proceeding
• Chairman and former CEO of microcomputer systems corporation resolves SEC action
• Chemical manufacturer defends federal grand jury and parallel state and administrative investigations , (2009)
• Court appoints Jones Day to establish and administer SEC-created disgorgement fund
• Financial services firm marketing executive defends SEC investigation
• Former CEO of a technology company defends accounting fraud action
• Former CEO of an international duplications systems manufacturer resolves SEC proceeding
• Former government securities options trader resolves SEC action
• Independent Review Board Chief Investigator persuades 2nd Circuit court to uphold decision to ban union member for life
• Independent Review Board Chief Investigator persuades 2nd Circuit that expelled union members' First Amendment rights were not violated
• Information technology company complies with SEC resolution , (2009)
• International securities broker-dealer resolves SEC proceeding
• Lehman Brothers resolves action brought by Saudi-based currency trader
• National computer retailer resolves SEC investigation and enforcement action
• National textiles retailer defends SEC investigation and related enforcement action
• Operations officer of international financial services firm defends SEC investigation
• Professional sports team conducts internal investigation into conduct of management team
• RKO General obtains dismissal of class action by former executives
• SEC-approved special consultant seeks recommendation on policies and procedures in accordance with SEC administrative cease-and-desist order

West Practice Categories

Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Capital Markets, Commodities, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Debarment, Defense Contracts, Ethics, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Federal, Federal Contracts, Felonies, Foreign Investment, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Grand Jury Proceedings, International Law, Private Placements, Professional Responsibility, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State & Municipal Contracts, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Fordham University
• St. John's University

Published Works

• The SEC Steps Up Enforcement Efforts: The Enforcement Cooperation Initiative, 2010
• Lawyers Under Scrutiny - A Continuing Trend in the New Regulatory Environment, White Color Crime 2004, a publication by the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and the Center for Continuing Legal Education, p. H-1, 2004
• Distinguishing What Is Prohibited - Litigation Tactics as Obstruction of Justice, coauthor, Business Crimes Bulletin, 1999
• The Use of Cultural Defenses in Representing Foreign Nationals, coauthor, White Collar Crime 1997, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and the Center for Continuing Legal Education, E-1, 1997
• After O'Hagan: Less Expansive Duties and Higher Mental States Restrict Criminal Securities Law Prosecutions, coauthor, A Practical Guide to Investigation, Settlement & Litigation, Securities Enforcement Institute, p. 165, 1997
• To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute: Criminal Enforcement of Non-Fraud Provisions of the Federal Securities Laws, coauthor, Business Crimes Bulletin Compliance & Litigation, 1997
• Outside Auditors as Government Informers Under New Securities Reform Law, coauthor, Business Crimes Bulletin, 1996
• Anatomy of an Acquittal: The Cultural Use of Cash, Money Laundering Law Report, 1996

Address

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New York, NY 10017-6702

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