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THE BENCH

CHRISTOPHER P. REYNOLDS

CHIEF JUSTICE

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES SAMIDH GUHA, a partner at Jones
Day, draws on his experience as a for-
JILLIAN B. BERMAN is a partner mer federal prosecutor to represent
at Levine Lee LLP. Ms. Berman’s pri- institutional and individual clients in
mary areas of practice are complex high-stakes government investiga-
commercial litigation, internal investi- tions and prosecutions. He also has
gations, white collar criminal defense secured successful resolutions for cli-
and government enforcement pro- ents in matters involving criminal and civil forfeiture,
ceedings. Ms. Berman represents individuals and regulatory enforcement actions, corporate investi-
companies in connection with investigations and gations, securities litigation, complex commercial
actions by the Department of Justice, the Securi- and employment litigation, international arbitra-
ties and Exchange Commission, FINRA and other tion, and bankruptcy litigation.
regulatory agencies involving, among other things,
securities and corporate fraud, insider trading, tax Samidh is both a skilled negotiator and courtroom
fraud and public corruption. Ms. Berman previously advocate on behalf of clients. He has served as
served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s lead and co-lead counsel in criminal and civil trials,
Office for the Southern District of New York for nine has briefed and argued several appeals before the
years, where she tried many cases, including a high- Second Circuit, and has considerable experience
profile insider trading case, and argued numerous in conducting internal investigations and in pretrial
appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the litigation and motion practice. He served as an as-
Second Circuit. sistant U.S. attorney for several years during which
time he successfully prosecuted cases involving
Before entering government service, Ms. Berman public corruption, obstruction of justice, racketeer-
clerked for the Hon. Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court ing, firearms, and narcotics charges, including the
of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. public corruption case involving a New York State
Richard L. Williams of the U.S. District Court for the senator and others. During his tenure with the De-
Eastern District of Virginia, and practiced complex partment of Justice, he conducted 13 federal crimi-
commercial litigation at Covington & Burling LLP in nal jury trials.
Washington D.C. Ms. Berman graduated from the
University of Chicago Law School (member of the In private practice, Samidh has represented a vari-
Law Review, Founding Member and Articles Editor ety of financial institutions, including major interna-
of the Chicago Journal of International Law, and tional and domestic corporate entities, financial ser-
Co-Director of the StreetLaw Program) and Cornell vices companies, private equity firms, and hedge
University (B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations). She funds. Samidh has also defended clients in cutting-
has been named in New York SuperLawyers®. From edge forfeiture and sanctions actions initiated by
2012-14, Ms. Berman was a Lecturer-in-Law at Co- the government. Samidh has spoken on numer-
lumbia Law School, where she co-taught a course ous panels regarding white-collar defense, insider
on federal prosecution. trading, and corporate investigations. He serves on
the boards of directors of the International Union
Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and the

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