Evan Barr

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Evan is a partner in Reed Smith’s regulatory and investigations group. He represents clients facing sensitive investigations and prosecutions by state and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Evan has represented clients in some of the most important white-collar criminal cases across the country. He is also a major thought-leader within this field.

As a former federal prosecutor, Evan possesses a unique insight into government investigations, which benefits clients seeking his representation in defense against the Department of Justice, various U.S. attorneys’ offices, the SEC, the New York state attorney general’s office, FINRA, and the Manhattan district attorney’s office, among others.

Evan has successfully defended clients facing allegations of securities and commodities fraud, public corruption, money laundering, wire and mail fraud, antitrust violations, and Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) cases. He has tried 12 criminal cases to verdict in federal court and has briefed and argued numerous cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Evan previously served as chief of the Major Crimes Unit at the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. He also served on the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, the Public Corruption Unit, and the Asset Forfeiture Unit. He also served as deputy special counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.