Anjula Prasad litigates a wide variety of cases, with a particular focus on white collar criminal defense. Her experience includes successfully guiding clients through all stages of regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, as well as representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of complex commercial disputes, where her extreme attention to factual and legal detail, along with her keen ability to understand the emotional needs of clients, has contributed to the firm’s success.
Recent matters include:
• Acquittal after nine-week jury trial on all counts for former Chief Financial Officer of Platinum Partners, indicted on five counts of securities, investment adviser, and wire fraud.
• Successful appeal and reversal by New Jersey Supreme Court of administrative law judge denial of compensation under Spill Fund Act.
• Successful representation of an individual accused of assisting in a multi-million-dollar embezzlement scheme against large national bank by persuading SDNY not to file charges.
• Dismissal of a federal indictment charging a $17 million pump and dump scheme.
• Convincing the New Jersey Attorney General’s office not to charge a large financial adviser following a two-year investigation into the sufficiency of its disclosures of Puerto Rico board holdings.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | White Collar Criminal Defense, Investigations |
Prasad worked closely with one or more of the principles of Ford O'Brien Landy for almost a decade before the inception of Ford O'Brien Landy LLP in 2015, where she has worked since. Prior to that, Prasad worked in the music entertainment industry for several years, which included legal consulting at both mega-publishing companies and record labels, negotiating recording and publishing deals on behalf of artists, and litigating a variety of industry-related copyright and trademark issues.