Adam Miller is one of New York’s leading criminal defense attorneys and civil litigators. Since entering private practice in 2011 after a distinguished career at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Adam has represented hundreds of individuals in a wide range of criminal and regulatory matters in both state and federal court, including white collar investigations and prosecutions relating to securities fraud, commercial bribery, bid rigging, collusion in the financial markets, political corruption, and sanctions evasion, as well as general criminal defense matters including homicide, sexual assault, assault, weapons possession, and DWI. Adam has represented his clients, which include executives, financial professionals, attorneys, compliance officers, physicians, and professors, at every stage of criminal proceedings, from the start of a criminal investigation through trial.

In his civil litigation practice, Adam represents financial institutions, private equity firms, charities, educational institutions, hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs and others in a variety of civil actions ranging from breach of contract to employment discrimination to civil assault.  Adam is also frequently brought into matters at the trial stage to serve as lead trial counsel.

In addition to his criminal defense and civil litigation practices, Adam also represents whistleblowers and crime victims in select matters.

During his tenure at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Adam prosecuted hundreds of violent crime cases, including sex crimes and homicide. After several years in the Office’s general trial division, Adam was promoted to Deputy Bureau Chief of the Major Economic Crimes Bureau. In that position, Adam supervised approximately twenty-five experienced attorneys in all areas of white collar prosecution.

Adam is Board Chair of the Criminal Advocacy Committee at the New York City Bar Association and is Board President of Hebrew Language Academy 2, a public charter school in Brooklyn, New York.

Adam has taught trial advocacy at law schools throughout the United States. He served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at St. John’s University School of Law and taught advanced trial advocacy at Emory University School of Law. Adam also serves as a faculty member at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s Trial Advocacy Program. His many speaking engagements include lecturing on New York’s Martin Act to regulators at the CFTC, serving as a panelist at an international criminal prosecutions forum held at the City Bar of New York, and presenting a case study on sanctions evasion to members of the Department of Treasury, FBI and Secret Service.

Some of Adam’s recent representations include:

White Collar Criminal Defense/Government Enforcement Defense

• Representation of a film producer in an investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York into film financing and film tax credits
• Representation of a construction executive in an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into interior construction management billing practices
• Representation of the president of a construction company in a prosecution by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into lien law violation
• Representation of a currency trader in an international investigation into LIBOR manipulation conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, CFTC and United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority
• Representation of a senior compliance officer of an international financial institution in an investigation conducted by the United State Department of Justice into sanctions evasion
• Representation of a Capitol Hill staffer in an investigation by the Southern District of New York relating to political corruption
• Representation of a board member of a financial institution in an investigation by the Southern District of New York related to corporate embezzlement
• Representation of a finance professional charged with fraud in connection with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and SEC’s prosecution of executives at an international law firm
• Representation of a marketing executive in a CFTC enforcement proceeding in the Southern District of New York
• Representation of a charity in an investigation by the United States Department of Justice Tax Division
• Representation of a portfolio manager in a SEC investigation relating to commingling of assets
• Representation of a futures currency broker in an investigation conducted by the CFTC and New York State Attorney General’s Office into trade “spoofing”
• Representation of a CPA on charges related to corporate embezzlement in a prosecution by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York
• Representation of a FOREX trader of an international financial institution in an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into sanctions evasion
• Representation of a contractor charged with prevailing wage fraud by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
• Representation of a financial crime prevention officer of an international financial institution in an investigation conducted by the New York State Department of Financial Services relating to SAR production and AML monitoring
• Representation of a hedge fund consultant in an investigation conducted by the SEC and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office relating to the securitization and marketing of life insurance settlement policies
• Representation of a journalist in an obstruction of justice investigation conducted by the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Connecticut
• Representation of an attorney charged with larceny by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office relating to commercial real estate transactions
• Representation of a stockbroker in an investigation conducted by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York into the theft of client information
• Representation of executives in an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into billing practices within the construction management industry
• Representation of several real estate brokers in an investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s Office into New York City’s residential rental market
• Representation of an accounting professional in an investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York into “MBE” hiring practices within the construction industry
• Representation of the CEO of a credit card processing business in an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office relating to corporate embezzlement
• Representation of the president of a real estate management firm in an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into management of certain Mitchell-Lama housing projects

General Criminal Defense Matters

• Representation of a restaurant owner charged with rape
• Representation of a model charged with narcotics trafficking
• Representation of an accountant charged with murder
• Representation of a hedge fund manager in an investigation related to unlawful surveillance
• Representation of an attorney charged with numerous sex crimes
• Representation of a psychologist charged with felony assault
• Representation of an attorney in a rape investigation
• Representation of an art dealer charged with domestic assault
• Representation of a fashion executive charged with DWI
• Representation of an investment banker charged with aggravated harassment
• Representation of a human resources professional charged with burglary and computer tampering
• Representation of an architect charged with weapons possession

Adam is a 1996 cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and 1999 graduate of Fordham Law School.