Attorneys

Jodi Misher Peikin specializes in representing organizations and their executives in white-collar criminal cases and regulatory enforcement matters. Her expertise is in defending against allegations of securities fraud, having handled numerous such matters at the investigatory, trial, and appellate stages. Significant matters Ms. Peikin has handled include representing a former partner of a big four accounting firm charged with securities and bank fraud in a five-week criminal trial in the Southern District of New York; winning the reversal on appeal of an insider-trading conviction for a prominent investment banker; convincing the government to defer prosecuting the indictment of an individual charged with securities fraud and stock manipulation; and securing the dismissal of all charges brought against a defendant arrested on commodities fraud charges.

Ms. Peikin has considerable experience in investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission – including successfully representing a high-level employee of a large insurance company and a well-known investment banker – and in representing attorneys in disciplinary matters and civil litigation. For years, she has represented a large group of Native Americans in a civil rights lawsuit against various law enforcement officers and entities.

After receiving a B.A. summa cum laude from Tufts University, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, Ms. Peikin served as a law clerk to the Honorable Shirley Wohl Kram, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. She joined Morvillo Abramowitz as an associate in 1993 and became a principal of the firm in 2000.

Ms. Peikin’s extensive pro bono work includes representing the families of ten victims of the September 11th, 2001 attacks before the Victim’s Compensation Fund. More recently, she represented a woman whose murder conviction was overturned and assisted her in negotiating a favorable resolution on the matter, efforts that the Legal Aid Society recognized with a pro bono award in December 2005.

Ms. Peikin speaks and writes frequently on topics relating to white-collar crime. She is co-author of a Law Review article regarding sentencing in the federal courts, “Evolving Roles in Federal Sentencing: The Post-Booker/Fanfan World,” 2005 Fed Cts. L. Rev., and is a member of the Board of, and a regular contributor to, the Business Crimes Bulletin. She has lectured on topics relating to white-collar criminal cases, including corporate internal investigations, obstruction issues, and the responsibilities of lawyers and clients in cases involving mass document productions.