Gregory Morvillo

Greg represented Anthony Chiasson in the criminal, appellate and regulatory actions in the above referenced case, all of which resulted in total exoneration. His work for Chiasson led Law360 to note that he “went toe-to-toe with hard-charging U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to win a landmark Second Circuit decision … that raised the bar for prosecuting individuals who are one or more layers removed from sources of confidential information and overturned the conviction of his hedge fund manager client.”

In the wake of Newman, Greg has become immersed in insider trading and securities fraud cases. He has tried numerous insider trading/securities fraud cases to verdict over the past several years, and has taken on multiple appeals for clients in this ever-evolving area of the law. Recently, he prevailed on a motion to vacate former SAC portfolio manager Richard Lee's guilty plea. Subsequently, he secured a dismissal of the criminal charges even though Lee had previously pled guilty to insider trading and cooperated with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.  

Greg also regularly advises public companies and privately-owned hedge funds on their compliance issues and methods to train/educate employees to avoid running afoul of the law. He has written and spoken on insider trading and corporate best practices dozens of times in the past few years. 

Beyond his insider trading work, Greg has represented both individuals and corporations in numerous federal and state court actions and in government investigations. He has litigated against United States Attorneys’ Offices across the country, the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., numerous regional offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the New York Stock Exchange, FINRA, the CFTC and other government and self-regulatory organizations. He has also handled appeals in the Second, Third, Fourth, and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals. He routinely advises clients on criminal law, securities, regulatory, civil, administrative and corporate governance issues.

Greg has been consistently honored by being named to the International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers from 2012 through 2023. In addition, he was ranked in Chambers for his work in the White Collar space from 2019 through 2023.  He has twice been named to InterContinental Finance Magazine’s Leading Lawyer 500 list, which rates the top 500 lawyers in the world today.