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Sam Seymour is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Criminal Defense and Investigations Group. He concentrates in white-collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters and internal investigations.

Mr. Seymour has represented clients in many high-profile investigations involving allegations of accounting fraud, securities fraud, foreign bribery, price fixing, economic sanctions violations, money laundering and obstruction of justice. He represents individuals and institutions in a broad range of financial and industrial business sectors worldwide.

Mr. Seymour’s practice also encompasses commercial litigation and arbitration matters, including derivative cases, shareholder actions and complex contract disputes.

Widely recognized for his professional achievements, Mr. Seymour has held leadership positions in numerous organizations serving the legal and educational communities. Mr. Seymour currently serves as President of the New York City Bar Association.

Mr. Seymour is a frequent speaker on legal enforcement issues, and authored the chapter “The Interplay Between Commercial Litigation and Criminal Proceedings” in the treatise Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Third Edition.

Selected Cases

• Handled the resolution of government investigations for The Bank of New York, Spiegel, Inc., UBS, Bankers Trust Company, Statoil ASA, Moody’s Investors Service, Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, ANZ Bank, Morgan Crucible plc, ABN AMRO Bank and Wachovia Bank, among many others
• Served as lead trial counsel in 15 criminal jury trials in federal courts. Argued numerous appeals in the Second Circuit
• Conducted numerous internal investigations for corporations, financial institutions and audit committees

Government Service

Mr. Seymour served as an assistant U.S. attorney and deputy chief appellate attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1988 through 1991.

Professional Activities and Community Involvement

Educational Service

• Columbia Law School – Associate in Law. Taught trial advocacy seminar (1998-2004)
• Packer Collegiate Institute – Board of Trustees (2001-2010)
• Columbia Law School - Board of Visitors

Legal Service

• New York Council of Defense Lawyers – Member
• American Law Institute – Member
• New York City Bar Association – President (2010-2012)

Rankings and Recognition

• Robert M. Morgenthau Award, Police Athletic League, for distinguished legal career (2009)
• Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy – Office of the Appellate Defender (2008)
• John J. McCloy Award - Fund for Modern Courts (2007)
• Euromoney's Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys - recognized as a Star in both White-Collar Criminal Defense (National) and Litigation (New York) (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• The Legal 500 U.S., Volume 3: Litigation - Leading Lawyer for White-Collar Criminal Defense (2010, 2011)
• The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers- Business Crimes (2007, 2009)
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – recognized as a leading litigator in both White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations) (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• The Best Lawyers in America - recognized for both Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) and for Bet-the-Company Litigation (2011)
• New York Super Lawyers - selected as one of the top New York Super Lawyers in the field of Criminal Defense: White Collar (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
• Lawdragon 3000: Leading Lawyers in America (2009-2010)

Practices

• Congressional Investigations
• Litigation
• Criminal Defense and Investigations
• International Trade and Investment / CFIUS
• Banking
• Financial Institutions

Education

• 1982, Columbia Law School, J.D.
• 1979, Dartmouth College, A.B.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Country of Origin

• USA

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Lawdragon News

• Lawdragon National Finalists 2009-2010

News

• S&C Wins Top Blood Drive Awards
  June 8, 2011
  
  
• Mike Cooper Honored by the New York City Bar's Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice
  September 27, 2010
  
  
• Sam Seymour Interviewed by Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on Becoming President of the New York City Bar Association
  June 2, 2010
  
  
• S&C Represents The Royal Bank of Scotland in OFAC and Money-Laundering Case (The Am Law Litigation Daily)
  May 11, 2010
  
  
• Sam Seymour to be Inducted as the New York City Bar Association�s Next President
  May 11, 2010
  
  
• New York City Bar Association Nominates Sam Seymour as Next President
  December 3, 2009
  
  
• "Fraudulent Lenders Face Tougher Penalties, as U.S. Mulls New SAR Requirements"
  May 22, 2009
  
  
• "Bill That Would Counter Supreme Court Decision on Laundering Likely to Pass, Say Legal Experts"
  Moneylaundering.com - October 30, 2008
  
  
• "Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Announces Samuel W. Seymour to Receive Prestigious 2007 John J. McCloy Award"
  May 14, 2007
  
  
• "Upfront: The High Cost of International Bribery"
  Business Finance - January 2007
  
  
• "Prosecutors handcuffed: Justice Department calls off the dogs"
  Financial Week - December 19, 2006
  
  
• "U.S. Acquirers Abroad Face More Prosecution"
  Investment Dealers Digest - June 13, 2005
  
  
• "Government Probes Stoke Law Firms' Internal Investigations Practices"
  The National Law Journal - December 6, 2004
  
  
• "Business scandals prompt look into personal lives"
  USA Today - November 5, 2004

Publications

• Sam Seymour Authors Chapter on Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts
  November 2010
  
  
• Interview with Samuel W. Seymour in the Corporate Crime Reporter
  Corporate Crime Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 41, Page 11 - October 23, 2006
  
  
• Making Your Case Before the Second Circuit
  The New York Law Journal, Vol. 208, No. 6, Page 1 - July 9, 1992

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Third Annual National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel
  May 5, 2011
  
  
• Pro Bono and the Legal Profession: Strengthening Access to Justice
  April 7, 2011
  
  
• SDNY Trial Training for Pro Bono Lawyers
  January 21, 2011
  
  
• Deloitte's Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Conference
  November 16, 2010
  
  
• Yale Law School's Roundtable on Corporate Criminal Liability
  March 29, 2010
  
  
• 3rd Annual Anti-Money Laundering Conference
  November 4, 2009
  
  
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Workshop on Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness
  June 8, 2009
  
  
• Daylight Forensic's "Daylight Exchange" Symposium, "Fraud Prevention and Detection in Our Current Economic Environment"
  November 19, 2008
  
  
• Daylight Forensic's "Daylight Exchange" Symposium
  February 26, 2008
  
  
• The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's 21st Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime
  March 1-2, 2007
  
  
• Forensic Investigations: Understanding the Role of the Audit Committee
  February 14, 2007
  
  
• Daylight Exchange Conference on Foreign Corrupt Practices
  December 12, 2006
  
  
• Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade Teleconference - Legal Compliance for International Bankers: New Developments Regarding OFAC and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  January 11, 2005
  
  
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Workshop on Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness
  June 8, 2009