Lesley Frieder Wolf

Lesley Frieder Wolf is an experienced first-chair trial and appellate attorney who focuses on complicated litigation matters and complex fraud cases. She returned to Ballard Spahr from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, where she had served as Chief of the Economic Crimes Section. In that role, she supervised cases involving bank fraud, securities fraud, tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and public corruption and handled investigations involving complex corporate and financial fraud.

Lesley has led an investigative group of local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities investigating pandemic-related fraud; worked closely with federal banking regulators; successfully litigated False Claim Act cases and a range of civil matters; responded to SEC and DOJ inquiries; and has counseled corporate clients and individuals in complex commercial disputes and government enforcement matters.

Admissions

Pennsylvania

Delaware

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit