Eric Rosen is a nationally recognized former federal and state prosecutor based in Boston and New York whose nationwide practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, corporate investigations, and complex civil litigation, with a focus on novel and cutting-edge issues involving money laundering, securities fraud, crypto-assets and health care fraud. Eric was the lead prosecutor in “Operation Varsity Blues,” the seminal case widely known as the college admissions scandal, one of the largest white-collar crime prosecutions in United States history. Prior to founding Dynamis LLP in June 2023, Eric was a partner at an elite litigation boutique with offices in New York, Boston and Miami.
Eric served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Boston, Massachusetts. As a federal prosecutor, Eric prosecuted hundreds of defendants for a wide variety of federal crimes, including: wire and mail fraud, securities fraud, investor fraud, bribery, health care fraud, drug misbranding, money laundering, drug trafficking, racketeering, smuggling, and firearms offenses. Eric has developed significant expertise in securities fraud cases (including parallel investigations with the SEC), money laundering cases, bribery charges, and cases with international components. A seasoned courtroom advocate, Eric also tried, as lead and co-counsel, numerous criminal cases before federal juries, both in Pittsburgh and Boston, in addition to conducting countless evidentiary hearings, sentencings, and other proceedings.
In March 2018, Eric, while leading an unrelated securities fraud investigation, began “Operation Varsity Blues,” the investigation that led, a year later, to charges against more than 50 individuals for fraud, bribery, racketeering and money laundering offenses related to the college admissions process. Eric’s work in the landmark prosecution, which generated significant worldwide media attention, was widely profiled by national and international publications and media outlets, including the Boston Globe, the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Netflix. In addition, Eric’s role as the lead prosecutor was chronicled in the July 2020 book “Unacceptable,” written by two Wall Street Journal reporters, Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz, and the July 2022 book “Bad City,” by Los Angeles Times reporter Paul Pringle.
Eric began his legal career by serving for three years as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, followed by a one-year clerkship with federal Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. of the Southern District of New York. Eric is currently based in Boston and New York but serves clients in federal and state courts nationwide.
