Rebecca Monck Ricigliano, an accomplished litigator and former federal prosecutor, is the co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group and a member of the firm’s Financial Services and Investigations practices. Rebecca is an experienced trial and investigations lawyer, serving nearly a decade as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and then as the First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey. Rebecca is regarded as a leading white collar attorney by Chambers USA, and is called on by both individuals and companies to handle sensitive criminal allegations and regulatory investigations, including those with international elements. Chambers describes her as "a tremendous lawyer who has extensive relationships with the government" and "an excellent lawyer."
Rebecca assists individuals and corporations facing grand jury and regulatory investigations and related enforcement, including criminal trials. Rebecca also conducts internal investigations for foreign and domestic clients, including Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, technology, transportation, government contracting, and defense sectors. Rebecca defends clients in matters conducted by the Department of Justice’s Criminal and Antitrust Divisions, U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, state attorneys general offices, and other federal and state regulators. Rebecca also regularly counsels clients on remedial measures and on the development and updates of corporate compliance programs and other corporate policies. She also provides training for clients and their employees.
In addition to her Chambers USA ranking, Rebecca has received other accolades, including recognition as an inaugural Northeast Trailblazer by The American Lawyer, by Crain’s New York Business as a "Notable Woman in the Law" in 2020, and by Best Lawyers in America in 2021.
Government Service
Prior to joining Crowell, Rebecca served nearly ten years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the SDNY, where she tried numerous cases and briefed and argued appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. During her tenure, Rebecca was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and held various supervisory positions, including Chief of the Narcotics Unit and Senior Trial Counsel in the Public Corruption Unit. Among her most high-profile cases, Rebecca successfully tried a complex accounting and securities fraud case against the former CEO and CFO of a major drug store chain. She also led investigations and prosecutions involving foreign terrorist organizations for material support and hostage taking and high-ranking cartel members for narcotics and complex money laundering offenses. Rebecca led a significant Medicaid fraud investigation and prosecution of 49 then-current and former Russian diplomats, and investigated campaign financing violations related to a U.S. Senate race. She has been recognized by her colleagues for her efforts, receiving the Federal Drug Agents Foundation True American Hero Award and the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Investigations Award for Excellence.
As First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, Rebecca supervised complex criminal investigations and prosecutions and affirmative Consumer Fraud and False Claims Act cases. She regularly provided strategic legal and policy counsel to the Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Affairs, the Division of Criminal Justice, and the New Jersey State Police, and worked collaboratively with the Office of Law Enforcement and Professional Standards.
Prior to her government service, Rebecca was an associate at one of New York’s leading white-collar criminal defense law firms, where she was a member of the defense team that represented Martha Stewart at trial.
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. (1996) cum Laude
- State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D. (1999) Publication Editor, Buffalo Law Review
Affiliations
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Federal Bar Council American Inn of Court
- Federal Bar Council, Criminal Law Committee
- Chair, Federal Bar Foundation, Board of Directors
- New York City Bar Association, White Collar Crime Committee
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers
- Women's White Collar Defense Association, New York City Chapter
- National Organization of Italian American Women, Board of Directors
- When There Are Nine Scholarship Project, Steering Committee Member
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