Profile
Steven E. Harrison is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Washington, D.C. office. He represents individuals and businesses in government investigations, complex civil litigation, and white collar criminal matters, including those related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), money laundering, wire fraud, and bribery.
As a former Assistant District Attorney, Steven Harrison has substantial experience prosecuting a wide variety of criminal offenses from pre-arrest investigation to trial.
The attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represent journalist in high-profile DOJ investigation into news outlet involving First Amendment, attorney-client privilege, and search and seizure issues.
- Represent executive of global defense contractor in DOJ investigation of U.S. government contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Represent former employee at leading social media company charged with violating laws governing registration of agents for foreign governments.
- Represent former executive at multinational mining and trading company in DOJ investigation of FCPA violations.
- Represent delivery services company in state AG worker misclassification suit.
- Represent multinational investment bank in proceeding to vacate arbitration award.
- Represent individual in criminal appellate proceedings and conduct oral argument before the Appellate Court of Maryland.
- Counsel corporation on response to CID request from the CFPB.
- Represent former executive at consulting firm in bribery investigation.
- Represent interests of the Colombian coffee federation as a victim in state criminal proceedings against a former employee who embezzled company funds. Employee was criminally sentenced.
- Conduct investigation into alleged fraud involving the federal CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
- First-chaired felony forgery and stolen property jury trial in New York County Supreme Court and obtained conviction on behalf of the State.°
- First-chaired felony attempted robbery jury trial in New York County Supreme Court and obtained conviction on behalf of the State.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Harrison prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney’s Office, 2016-2021
Recognition & Leadership
- Team Member, National Law Journal, “Washington, D.C. Litigation Department of the Year - White Collar Defense & Special Investigations,” 2022
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- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Law Practice Division
- Member, Young Lawyers Division
Credentials
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2015
- Staff Editor, American Criminal Law Review’s Annual White Collar Crime Survey
- B.A., Vanderbilt University, 2012
- Hon. Ronald Wigler, Presiding Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Criminal Division, 2015-2016
- District of Columbia
- New Jersey
- New York