Vinoo P. Varghese

Known as one of the nation's foremost white-collar and criminal legal experts, Vinoo Varghese is a regular news commentator having appeared on CBS, FOX, HLN, CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, BBC, CTV, i24 Israel, Sky News Arabia, AP TV, Cheddar, Newsmax, Breitbart News, A&E's Law & Crime, and The Today Show Australia. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Law Journal, and Law360 have quoted him multiple times for his vigorous advocacy of clients. Recognizing Varghese's entrepreneurial acumen, the Forbes Business Council and the NY chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization have admitted him to their member rolls. Vanity Fair had Varghese fact check Hollywood crime scenes from The Wolf of Wall Street to Billions. The New York Law Journal, New York Daily News, and New York Post have published his op-eds highlighting prosecutorial quandaries in the cases of O.J. Simpson, George Floyd, and the Central Park "Karen." The National Trial Lawyers organization has selected Varghese for its Top 100 for eight consecutive years. Thomson Reuters has chosen him for the New York Metro Super Lawyers list for the past seven years and Martindale-Hubbell has rated him as AV Preeminent for five straight years. Earlier in his career, the New York Law Journal named him a Rising Star. Harvard Law School, Cardozo Law School, and the New York City Law Department have tapped Varghese to teach trial advocacy. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School, New York University, and Chaminade High School. In 2000, Varghese began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn; in 2006, he left to start Varghese & Associates, P.C., a white-collar and criminal defense firm dedicated to helping clients across America resume their lives. Awards and Honors Honors Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018 AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2017 Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2016 Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2015 Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014 Rising Stars, New York Law Journal, 2014 Top Rated Lawyers, New York Law Journal, 2018 Courageous Attorney, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), 2013 NAPABA's Best Lawyers Under 40, 2012 Super Lawyers

• Principal
• Founder, since 2006

• Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
• Kings County District Attorney's Office, Assault on Police Officers Program

• Lecturer, Faculty, New York City Law Department Civil Trial Advocacy Program, 2016
• Program Chair & Moderator, Fishy Justice: The Supreme Court’s Take(s) On Prosecutorial Discretion And Overcriminalization, NAPABA, 2015
• Lecturer, Faculty, New York City Law Department Civil Trial Advocacy Program, 2015
• Presenter, Contours of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, New York Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 2014
• Presenter, The White Collar Crime Landscape, New York Law Journal, 2013
• Panelist, Best Practices for Responding to Possible Violations - Reporting and Remediating Misconduct, West LegalEd Center And Thomson Reuters
• Lecturer, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Cardozo Law School , 2011 - 2014
• Lecturer, Faculty, Cardozo Law School's ITAP

• Construction company owner Tomas Olazabal charged with filing false tax returns, 2015
• School teacher Richard Hovan charged with statutory rape, 2015
• Republican City Councilman Daniel Halloran charged with orchestrating bribery scheme to award Republican mayoral nomination to a Democrat, Malcolm Smith, 2014
• Rengan Rajaratnam, hedge fund trader charged with insider trading, 2013
• Real Estate Broker Richard Silver charged with art fraud, 2012

• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Columbia
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado

• New York County Lawyers' Association, Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee, 2007 - 2011
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• South Asian Bar Association of New York (Former Board Member)
• North American South Asian Bar Association, Criminal Justice Committee (Co-Chair)
• North American South Asian Bar Association (Former Board Member)
• Asian American Bar Association of New York, 2010 - 2014 (Board of Directors)