Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Harriet Leva practices white-collar criminal defense and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on federal criminal defense. She has extensive experience representing and advising corporations and individuals in all areas of business crimes, including environmental violations, FDA regulatory offenses, antitrust violations, telemarketing, and the full range of criminal fraud (securities, insurance, banking, bankruptcy, government procurement, and U.S. Customs). Harriet has broad experience conducting internal investigations and compliance reviews and working with corporate clients to develop compliance and ethics programs. She also represents clients in federal and state grand jury proceedings and before regulatory and enforcement agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the California State Bar.

Harriet has been particularly successful convincing prosecuting authorities, primarily in the U.S. Attorney's Office, not to file charges at all or to resolve pending charges on terms favorable to the defendant. She also prepares criminal referrals on behalf of clients victimized by fraud and, based on her experience as a prosecutor, is able to work closely with prosecuting authorities and expedite the client's receipt of restitution through the criminal justice system.

While serving as a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Harriet tried numerous cases and was the first in Southern California to bring successful bank fraud charges against the owners of a savings and loan association. She was also a trial advocacy instructor at the Department of Justice Attorney General's Advocacy Institute.

Harriet is a member of the American Bar Association (Criminal Justice Section) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She has been named a Southern California "Super Lawyer" in white-collar criminal defense for 2005, 2006 and 2007. She speaks fluent French and has worked as a translator and interpreter.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Trial Practice
• Corporate Compliance Programs

Representative Cases

• City of San Jose, et al. v. Rosendin Electric, et al.
• Lion Country Safari v. Marsh & McLennan
• People ex rel. March and Harris v. Diebold, Incorporated, et al.
• Corporate Compliance and Ethics Program
• Federal Criminal Investigation (Securities Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Investigation and Prosecution (Antitrust)
• Federal criminal investigation and prosecution (Customs, FDA violations)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Bank Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Clean Water Act)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Customs Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Food and Drug Violations)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Insider Trading)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Securities Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Securities Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Securities Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Securities Fraud)
• Federal Criminal Prosecution (Smuggling)
• Grand Jury Investigation (Criminal Dumping)
• Grand Jury Investigation (Customs Fraud; Smuggling)
• Grand Jury Investigation (Insurance Fraud)
• Grand Jury Investigation (Procurement Fraud)
• Grand Jury Investigation (Securities Fraud; Obstruction of Justice)
• Internal Investigation (Accounting Irregularities)
• Internal Investigation (Accounting Irregularities; Tax)
• Internal Investigation (PCAOB inspection)
• Internal Investigation (Sarbanes-Oxley)
• Internal Investigation (Sarbanes-Oxley)
• Internal Investigation and Criminal Referral (Accounting Fraud and Embezzlement)
• SEC Enforcement Action (Insider Trading)
• State Criminal Prosecution (Food and Drug Violations)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Federal, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Felonies, Grand Jury Proceedings, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Los Angeles

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2319 (Business Phone)

Faxes

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Websites

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