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About Peter Katz

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Attorney Peter Katz
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Meet Your Attorney, peter Katz

Located in Princeton, New Jersey and New York, New York, the Law Offices of Peter Katz offers a full range of quality, effective and professional counsel and services for clients throughout the greater New York City metro and surrounding areas of New Jersey who have legal needs involving any of the following:

  • Criminal defense
  • Whistleblower claims
  • Health care professional licensing actions

A top-ranked trial lawyer with extensive legal experience, attorney Peter Katz established our law firm with a mission to deliver the highest level of representation possible to those in need. Since that time, we have achieved considerable success helping our clients protect their rights and interests in the face of complex legal challenges, and we promise to do all we can to help you obtain your goals and the favorable outcomes you seek efficiently and cost-effectively.

With an additional office in Princeton, New Jersey, our law firm has become one of our region’s premier legal practices for those accused of serious felonies and misdemeanors as well as licensed professionals facing disciplinary actions and licensing issues. We have also helped many clients protect themselves when they feel it necessary to expose illegal or unethical business practices in their places of employment.

To find out more about how we can best assist you with the legal challenges affecting your life and future, you can contact the Law Offices of Peter Katz to take advantage of our law firm’s free initial consultation. In these uncertain times, we also offer virtual consultations to help keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy.

Legal Experience

LAW OFFICES OF PETER KATZ, LLC — 2013-Present

Founding Member

  • Represent individuals in all criminal matters in both state and federal proceedings
  • Conduct internal investigations and provide monitoring services arising from fraud, waste, abuse and corruption allegations
  • Assist corporations regarding fraud allegations, with particular focus in the healthcare and financial industries
  • Represent corporations in civil and arbitration proceedings
  • Advise individuals and healthcare entities concerning state and federal administrative and regulatory actions

CALCAGNI & KANEFSKY, LLP — 2017-2020

Of Counsel

  • Represent individuals in all criminal matters, with notable expertise in the areas of healthcare and financial fraud, including securities, bank, mortgage, wire and mail fraud
  • Conduct internal investigations and provide monitoring services arising from fraud, waste, abuse and corruption allegations
  • Assist corporations regarding fraud allegations, with particular focus in the healthcare and financial industries
  • Represent corporations in civil and arbitration proceedings
  • Advise individuals and healthcare entities concerning state and federal administrative and regulatory actions
  • Develop and implement corporate compliance programs

FAIR AND JUST PROSECUTION — 2017-2018

Policy and Technical Assistance Consultant

  • Work with newly elected prosecutors, national organizations, academicians and justice system leaders promoting criminal justice system innovations

LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION — 2015-2017

Director of Criminal Justice

  • Developed and executed criminal justice reform strategy for multi-billion-dollar philanthropic foundation, particularly focusing on prosecution, prosecutors, criminal justice research, and criminal justice data
  • Established and managed dozens of philanthropic grants collectively valued at over $20 million

CROTTY | SALAND, P.C. — 2014-2015

Partner

  • Represented individuals in white collar criminal matters, with notable expertise in the areas of healthcare fraud and financial fraud, including securities, bank, mortgage, wire and mail fraud
  • Conducted internal investigations and provide monitoring services arising from fraud, waste, abuse and corruption allegations

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FRAUD SECTION — 2010-2011

Trial Attorney

  • Lead Prosecutor on one of the final Enron Prosecutions
  • Investigated and prosecuted complex, data driven, white collar fraud schemes
  • Trained fellow federal prosecutors regarding investigative and trial techniques
  • Supervised and led investigative teams comprised of federal agents, prosecutors and analysts on the Health Care Fraud Strike Force

U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY — 2006-2011

Assistant U.S. Attorney

  • Led investigations and prosecutions of federal crimes primarily involving healthcare, bank, tax, wire, mail, and insurance fraud, money laundering, bank robbery, narcotics and weapons trafficking conspiracies
  • Monmouth and Ocean Counties Gang Task Force Coordinator
  • Supervised all federal gun prosecutions in Monmouth and Ocean Counties
  • Recipient of the Chief Postal Inspector’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement

U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK — 2002-2006

Assistant U.S. Attorney

  • Led investigations of and prosecuted federal crimes including RICO, money laundering, wire and mail fraud, capital murder, public corruption, insurance fraud, obstruction of justice, robbery and narcotics conspiracies
  • Drafted briefs and argued appeals before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • Member of Hiring Committee
  • Trained federal agents in search and seizure and criminal procedure law
  • Recipient of the Chief Postal Inspector’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement
  • Featured for prosecution of former Congressional candidate for Obstruction of Justice in New York Law Journal’s Top Ten Trials of 2005

MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, New York, NY — 1994-2002

Assistant District Attorney

  • Homicide Investigation Unit (2000-2002) Prosecuted violent drug gangs as part of long term investigations into murder and narcotics conspiracies
  • Asian Gang Unit (1998-2000) Handled Asian crimes including kidnapping and extortion
  • Trial Assistant (1994-2000) Prosecuted murders, financial thefts and burglaries among other crimes. Conducted approximately 25 felony jury trials. Supervised Complaint Room. Trained NYPD officers regarding evidentiary hearings, proper investigative techniques and evidence collection

Education

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL, Philadelphia, PA

  • J.D. 1994, cum laude
    • Senior Editor, Comparative Labor Law Journal
    • Counsel of Student Representatives

UNION COLLEGE, Schenectady, NY

  • B.A. 1991, American Studies, magna cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Dean’s List, 4 years
    • Varsity Golf, 3 years
    • Mountebanks, President, Student Theatre Organization
    • Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, Term Abroad 1990

Other Relevant Experience

BERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC — 2011-present

Managing Partner

  • Provide strategic litigation support advice to major law firms, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies around the world
  • Lead investigations into identifying and addressing complex fraud schemes in a variety of areas, including healthcare and finance
  • Develop and evaluate compliance programs for multi-national pharmaceutical and medical device companies

RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL, Camden, NJ — 2011-2014

Adjunct Professor

  • Taught upper-level law school course on all aspects of current issues in Health Care Fraud and Abuse, with particular focus on the federal False Claims Act and qui tam litigation

RIDER UNIVERSITY, Lawrenceville, NJ — 2013-2015

Adjunct Professor

  • Taught upper-level courses on White Collar and Corporate Crime, Criminal Justice Practice and Rights of the Accused

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION, Cranbury, NJ — 2017-2022

Board Member

UPPER FREEHOLD BOARD OF EDUCATION, Upper Freehold, NJ 2012-2015

Board Member

Sampling of Publications and presentations

  • Corporate Compliance in the Era of #MeToo, Sobel and Co. CLE Presentation (2018)
  • Elements of an Effective Third-Party Sales & Marketing Compliance Program, Webinar Presenter for UL Eduneering, Princeton, NJ (2014)
  • Top Four Compliance Risks Companies Face with Recent Health Care Legislation, co-written with Denise Pedulla, Corporate Compliance Insights (2013)
  • Responding to Government Investigations in Health Care, Presenter, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, IL (2013)
  • Analyzing Trends in U.S. Enforcement from a State and Federal Perspective, Moderator, 8th Annual CBI Medical Device and Diagnostics Compliance Conference, Washington, DC (2012)
  • A History of Free Agency in the United States and Great Britain: Who’s Leading the Charge?, Comparative Labor Law Journal, volume 15, number 3, Spring 1994. Reprint available

Bar Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
  • New York
  • New Jersey

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Eastern District of New York Alumni Association
  • District of New Jersey Alumni Association
  • National Trial Lawyers Criminal Defense, Top 100 Attorneys
  • New York State Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  • Federal Bar Council
  • Hogan-Morganthau Associates
  • Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys of New Jersey

Effective Defense Against Federal And State Criminal Charges

When you are facing federal white collar crime charges, it is critical that you begin taking action as soon as possible. Do not leave your future to chance. Work with a skilled and experienced criminal defense attorney.

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