Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP

Firm Details:

Managing Partners: Jim Walden

Number of partners 18

Number of lawyers: 46

Languages: English

Firm Overview:

Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP (‘WMHW’) is a New York-based law firm founded by former federal prosecutors and experienced commercial litigators. WMHW offers efficient and effective internal investigations and white-collar defense counseling for organizations and individuals facing criminal and regulatory scrutiny concerning suspected securities fraud, misappropriation of assets and intellectual property, money laundering, economic sanctions, and foreign bribery, as well as antitrust, cybercrime, and tax offenses. Additionally, WMHW lawyers have deep experience leading compliance monitorships, advising clients on compliance, and litigating complex commercial disputes.

Main Areas of Practice:

White-Collar Defense: WMHW’s practice is led by formal federal prosecutors with exceptional track records in helping businesses successfully navigate sensitive investigations and high-stakes, white collar matters. The firm provides strategic counsel with proven success and credibility in an enforcement environment with higher risks of massive corporate penalties, risk of imprisonment for executives, and civil litigation.

Internal Investigations:

WMHW conducts complex internal investigations in the financial, real estate, health care, industrial, automotive, energy, retail, and entertainment sectors. The firm’s investigations have covered securities fraud, insider trading, foreign bribery, antitrust offenses, accounting violations, economic-sanctions violations.

Complex Commercial Litigation:

The firm’s practice concentrates on complex media and entertainment, antitrust, fraud, and real estate litigation. Accomplished trial lawyers and former federal prosecutors translate their extensive experience in federal and New York state courts into winning legal strategies.

Corporate Monitorships:

Corporate monitorships allow companies to satisfy legal obligations, remediate past mistakes and safeguard against future wrongdoing. WMHW has a history of successfully fulfilling government-ordered monitor positions, combining strong industry relationships, deep subject matter knowledge, and a proven commitment to transparency.

Employment Litigation:

WMHW has substantial experience working with companies and high-level executives to resolve their most sensitive and challenging employee matters with minimal disruption to business. The team includes one of the only former federal prosecutors practicing employment law.

Good Government & Civil Rights:

From leading the charge against school bullying to demanding safe and secure public housing for the disadvantaged, WMHW is at the forefront of high-profile litigation to combat government abuses. Attorneys regularly bring Article 78 challenges in New York State, drawing on their deep familiarity with federal civil rights statutes to craft winning cases.