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Legal Secretary: Aishling Turek
TEL: 201-489-3000, ext. 5008
aturek@coleschotz.com

Michael Weinstein, a former trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C., is chair of the firm’s White Collar practice group.  He has successfully litigated numerous federal and state jury trials on a broad range of civil, criminal and quasi-criminal matters.  His practice focuses on complex and sophisticated business litigation, internal corporate investigations and defense of government criminal allegations. 

He has extensive experience in all facets of trial and has litigated in federal, state, regulatory, administrative and International forums.  He has served as lead trial counsel responsible for conceiving and implementing litigation strategies on behalf of corporate and individual clients. 

He represents a broad range of Fortune 500 companies and individual executives in business disputes including allegations of fraud and bad faith, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate malfeasance, violation of restrictive covenants, trademark and copyright infringement and insurance coverage disputes.  He also represents closely held companies, executives and individuals who must defend against criminal and quasi-criminal allegations. 

Mr. Weinstein was the only U.S. Department of Justice attorney ever to be awarded the prestigious Pegasus Trust Fellowship in London, England.

Mr. Weinstein has also been included in 201 Magazine's list of Top Lawyers in Bergen County for 2011.

• Michael Weinstein was quoted in an article titled, "Insider-Trading Mole Praised by Prosecutors," Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "Analysis: On the Hotseat Corzine Stakes his Legal Ground," by Reuters and also appeared in: CNBC, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Time, Huffington Post, CBS Marketwatch, Dec. 8, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in an article titled, "Defense contractor in Clifton shuts door," The Clifton Journal, December 2, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in an article titled, "Contractor Sentenced For Sending Rifle Designs To China," Law 360, November 15, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was interviewed on Fox Business on September 16, 2011 on a segment titled "Rogue Trader Costing UBS $2 Billion."
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in an article titled, "Swiss Tech admits to exporting U.S. Defense drawings to China," Clifton Journal, July 22, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in an article titled, "Credit Suisse Is 'Target' of Inquiry," The Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "New Jersey Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Violating Arms Export Act," Bloomberg, July 12, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "Madoff Payroll Chief Pleads Guilty" Herald News, June 7, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "U.S. narrows case versus accused Ponzi schemer Stanford," Reuters, May 5, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "Fraud Made Easier: New Rules Backfire," New York Post, January 18, 2011
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "Hedge Crackdown: Three Firms Raided in Sweeping Probe," New York Post, November 23, 2010
• Michael Weinstein was quoted in "Spill Accountability: Justice Department Launches a Criminal Investigation Into the Gulf Oil Disaster," InsideCounsel, August 2010

• State of the Art Approaches to the Resolution of "Futures" Claims, New Jersey Law Journal In-House Counsel CLE Seminar, June 15, 2010

• Board of Trustees, Gill. St. Bernard’s School, Gladstone, NJ
• Board of Trustees and Treasurer, U.S. District Court Historical Society, Newark, NJ
• Board of Trustees, Washington College of Law, Dean's Advisory Counsel, Washington D.C.