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paul t. weinstein partner bar admission: new york, 1986 legal education: syracuse university school of law, (j.d., magna cum laude, 1985) (survey editor, law review). college education: colgate university (b.a., 1981). professional activities: adjunct professor, lawyering skills and legal writing, benjamin n. cardozo school of law. experience: paul weinstein joined emmet after a distinguished career in the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of new york. he served most recently in that office as the deputy chief of the criminal division, with responsibility for the operation of the over 100-attorney division, including supervision of the business and securities fraud, money laundering, public integrity and organized crime sections of the office. As an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division since 1993, Mr. Weinstein was the lead prosecutor in many high-profile prosecutions and investigations. These included United States v. Zvi Rosenthal, et al., an insider trading case in which a corporate executive, lawyer and two accountants were convicted of engaging in a fraudulent options trading scheme, United States v. Vincent Gigante, et al., a series of cases against members of the Genovese Organized Crime Family resulting in the conviction of over 70 defendants, including the Genovese family boss, Vincent "Chin" Gigante, United States v. Albert Cernadas, in which the Executive Vice President of the International Longshoreman's Association was convicted of fraud in the bidding for and procurement of pharmaceutical benefit contracts, and United States v. Andrew Russo, et al., in which the street boss of the Colombo Organized Crime Family, 6 other individuals and four corporations were convicted in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud a Long Island municipality, launder money from the scheme and commit tax evasion. Prior to joining the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Weinstein served for four years as an AUSA in the Civil Division, bringing civil racketeering and fraud cases, including a 100-defendant civil RICO case against a union, a business association, and garbage carters operating an organized crime cartel on Long Island. During his tenure at the U.S. Attorneys Office, Mr. Weinstein specialized in the investigation and prosecution of large and complex fraud cases involving businesses and individuals, and was a pioneer in using civil remedies, such as broad injunctions against participation in an industry or labor union, together with criminal prosecutions, to bring solutions to problems not effectively reached by the criminal law alone. He received the prestigious Director's Award for Distinguished Service from the Justice Department twice, and in 2004 was named Federal Prosecutor of the Year by the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation. Mr. Weinstein graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University Law School, where he was an Editor of the Law Review, and received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University. For two years prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Weinstein clerked for the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the Hon. Sol Wachtler. He also currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School, teaching Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing. Practice Areas: General Litigation; White Collar and Complex Commercial Litigation.
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