Attorneys

Jeremy H. Temkin has represented individuals and corporations in a wide variety of criminal matters, including cases involving allegations of federal securities and tax fraud, as well as in civil matters in state and federal court. He has conducted internal investigations for corporate clients and has represented individual clients involved in such investigations.

Mr. Temkin received a J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he graduated first in his class and was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor of the Law Review. After clerking for the Honorable Vincent L. Broderick, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York and the Honorable Lawrence W. Pierce, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, he joined Morvillo Abramowitz as an associate from 1990 through 1993. He then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he investigated a wide variety of criminal cases – including money laundering, narcotics, tax evasion, and other fraud cases – and represented the government in numerous criminal trials and appeals. In 1998, he received the Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. He returned to Morvillo Abramowitz as a principal in 1999.

Mr. Temkin is a member of the New York City Bar Association (Federal Legislation Committee), the American Bar Association (Criminal Justice and Taxation Sections), the Federal Bar Council, and the New York Council of Defense Lawyers (Chair, Ethics, Rules, and Legislation Committee). He has spoken on issues relating to federal criminal practice and tax fraud and is the co-author of the “Tax Litigation” column in the New York Law Journal. In 2004, he received the James Fogelson Leadership Award from the UJA-Federation of New York, Lawyer’s Division.  Since 2007, Mr. Temkin has been listed in New York Super Lawyers- Metro Edition.

Mr. Temkin is admitted in New York and to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.