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| | Location: 1728 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20036 | | |
(Main Office)
| Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation. White Collar Criminal and Civil Practice in the United States and Abroad. Grand Jury Representation, Procurement Fraud, Securities Fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bank Fraud and Money Laundering, Anti-Trust Price Fixing, Health Care Fraud, Congressional Investigations, Internal Business Investigations, Employment Litigation, Contract Disputes, Business Disputes, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Litigation, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice. | | Year Established: 1979 | Firm Profile:
Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler has a nationally renowned practice of criminal defense representation in white collar cases. The focus of the practice is the representation of corporations and their officers and employees in grand jury proceedings and criminal prosecutions, primarily at the federal level. As a corollary to that work, the firm often represents clients in situations involving parallel civil and administrative proceedings and congressional investigations. | | Firm Size: 7 | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Free Initial Consultation
| | N. Richard Janis (Member) born Washington, D.C., November 23, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., with honors, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., 1972). Phi Eta Sigma. Author: "Incompetency Commitment: The Need for Procedural Safeguards and a Proposed Statutory Scheme," 23 Catholic University Law Review 710, 1974. Lecturer, George Washington University Graduate School of Forensic Sciences, 1977-1983. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1972-1976. Hearing Committee, D.C. Bar Board on Professional Responsibility, 1985-1991. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Committee on Grievances of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia); Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court (Master). Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Business Crimes; Federal Grand Jury; Monetary Crimes; Litigation. Email: N. Richard Janis | | Henry F. Schuelke, III (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, November 10, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Education: St. Peter's College (A.B., 1964); Villanova University (J.D., 1967). Military Judge, U.S. Army Judiciary, 1970-1972. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1972-1979 and Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1976-1979, District of Columbia. General Counsel, The National Society for Autistic Children, 1980-1990. Special Counsel: District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, 1982—; U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1980-1981; U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 1989-1991. Member, Committee on Grievances, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member: Judicial Administration Division; Criminal Justice Section); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Judicature Society; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Business Crimes; International Criminal Law; Federal Grand Jury; Monetary Crimes. Email: Henry F. Schuelke, III | | Lawrence H. Wechsler (Member) born Queens, New York, June 14, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, New York and District of Columbia; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1967); George Washington University (J.D., 1970). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Member, George Washington Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: "The Freedom of Information Act: A Critical Review," 38 George Washington Law Review 150, 1969. Lecturer: George Washington University Graduate School of Forensic Sciences, 1977-1983. Lecturer, American University Law School, 1977-1979. Law Clerk to Judge Joseph C. Waddy, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1970-1971. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1971-1979. President, The Assistant U.S. Attorneys Association, D.C., 1990-1991. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; International Criminal Law. Email: Lawrence H. Wechsler | | S. Robert Sutton (Member) born Washington, D.C., February 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, District of Columbia; 1984, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1977); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Business Crimes. Email: S. Robert Sutton | | David B. Deitch (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, January 11, 1964; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts; 1989, New York; 1990, District of Columbia; 2007, Virginia. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1985); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Recipient, Alvin J. Feldman Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Corporate and Commercial Law, 1988. Articles Editor, New York University Law Review. Author: "Arbitrability of Implied Rights of Action Under Section 10(B) of the Securities Exchange Act," 61 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 506 (1986). Associate: Hill & Barlow, Boston, Massachusetts, 1988-1990; Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York, NY, 1990-1992. Assistant District Attorney, New York County (Manhattan), New York, NY, 1992-1995. Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC , 1995-1998. Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel Carol Elder Bruce, Washington, DC, 1998-1999. Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia, 1999-2003. Trial Attorney, Counterterrorism Section, Criminal Division, 2003-2006 and National Security Division, 2006-2007. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Member, Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section); American Bar Association (Member, White Collar Crime Committee); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Criminal Defense; Litigation. Email: David B. Deitch | | ASSOCIATE | | Jennifer A. Sincavage (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, February 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Virginia 2008, District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2002); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Formerly with the Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel, Criminal Tax Division. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Jennifer A. Sincavage | | OF COUNSEL | | William B. Shields (Of Counsel) born Jackson Heights, New York, January 6, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, District of Columbia. Education: Manhattan College (B.A., 1970); New York University (J.D., 1973; LL.M., in Taxation, 1981). Member, Moot Court. Assistant District Attorney to New York County District Attorney, 1973-1977. Special Assistant Attorney General to Deputy Attorney General, State of New York, 1977-1988. Member: New York County Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: William B. Shields | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Janice K. Buzard (Office Manager) | | Sonia B. Murray |
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