Geoffrey Berman

Geoffrey Berman is the former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In that role, he was responsible for some of the nation’s most important prosecutions, including terrorism and sanctions cases, securities and commodities fraud, public corruption, cybercrime, money laundering, sex trafficking, narcotics, gang violence, and civil rights violations. He previously served as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York and as Associate Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel (Iran-Contra). Following his tenure as US attorney, Berman was a visiting professor at Stanford Law School. In December 2020, Berman joined the law firm of Fried Frank, where he is a litigation partner and head of the white collar defense practice.