Attorneys

Barry A. Bohrer has extensive experience in handling complex civil and white-collar criminal matters in state and federal court for individual and corporate clients. Mr. Bohrer has an active trial and appellate practice, which includes securities, commodities, environmental, and antitrust matters. He also conducts corporate internal investigations and counsels individuals involved in them.

Mr. Bohrer received a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. From 1982 to 1985, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he served as both Chief Appellate Attorney and Chief of the Major Crimes Unit. He has held the position of Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where he taught Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Bohrer is an author of the “White-Collar Crime” column in the New York Law Journal, and is on the Board of Editors of the White Collar Crime Reporter. Mr. Bohrer is an author of “Motion Denied: Systematic Impediments to White Collar Criminal Defendants’ Trial Preparation,” 42 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 157 (2005), “Checking the Balance: Prosecutorial Power in an Age of Expansive Legislation,” 32 Am. Crim. L. Rev. (1995), and the author of “Trademark Counterfeiting: Congress Creates Another Crime” (Business Crime, 1986). He is a co-author of the books "Practice Under the New Federal Sentencing Guidelines" (Prentice-Hall Law & Business, 1990) and "Prevention and Prosecution of Computer and High Technology Crime" (Matthew Bender, 1988).

Mr. Bohrer is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, President of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and regional Vice-Chair of the White Collar Crime Committee of the ABA Litigation Section. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society (Chairman of the Audit Committee), and received awards in 2005 and 2006 for Outstanding Pro Bono Service for his advocacy. Mr. Bohrer is also a member of the New York City Bar Association (past member of the Criminal Law Committee) and the New York State and American Bar Associations (Criminal Justice and Litigation Sections).

Mr. Bohrer speaks frequently on various topics, including issues relating to trial and appellate practice, securities enforcement and arbitration.

Mr. Bohrer is admitted in New York and to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.