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Ford O’Brien Landy LLP

Strategic Counsel
for High-Stakes Matters

Ford O’Brien Landy LLP is a Chambers-recognized litigation boutique representing businesses and individuals in their most consequential disputes and investigations. Our practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement, government and internal investigations,
and complex commercial and securities litigation. We also handle sanctions-related advocacy, digital asset matters, defamation and reputation management, asset forfeiture, discovery for use in foreign proceedings, New York City administrative matters, and appeals.

Our attorneys bring decades of experience from leading litigation practices and government service, including as federal and state prosecutors. From offices in New York City and Austin, Texas, we represent domestic and international clients in matters before the U.S. Department of
Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal, state, and local agencies, as well as in significant litigation in state and federal courts.

We are a boutique by design. Experienced partners are directly involved in every matter from beginning to end, and our structure allows us to be aggressive, nimble, and responsive: pressing
our clients’ positions, adapting quickly as matters evolve, and pursuing the bold, creative strategies that high-stakes cases demand.

“By far, they provide the best legal work and true client advice when compared to any firm,  including national and international known firm names.” - Client Feedback

Practices

White-Collar Criminal Defense

At Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, we provide aggressive representation to individuals under investigation or indictment for federal or state white-collar crimes. Several of our attorneys have served in government at law enforcement agencies, and have deep trial experience.

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Commercial Litigation

With offices in New York City and Austin, Ford O’Brien Landy LLP offers individual and business clients the sophisticated approach that can help protect their bottom line. Our attorneys have handled a number of extremely complicated litigation in state, federal, and appellate courts.

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Regulatory Investigations And Defense

Regulatory investigations are among the most consequential challenges a financial professional, executive, or company can face. An inquiry from the SEC, FINRA, the CFTC, or a banking regulator can quickly escalate — into formal proceedings, industry bars, civil penalties, or criminal referrals.

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Digital Assets

The regulatory landscape for digital assets has evolved rapidly — and so has enforcement. The SEC, CFTC, DOJ, FinCEN, and OFAC have all brought significant actions involving cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, NFTs, and blockchain-based businesses, and the legal questions at the heart of these cases — including whether a given asset is a security, a commodity, or something else entirely — remain actively contested. For companies and individuals operating in this space, regulatory exposure is real and the consequences of getting it wrong can be severe.

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Appeals

Principled advocacy requires judgment: the ability to identify the issues that matter, to understand the governing standard of review, and to present arguments with the credibility appellate courts expect. We bring this judgment to high-stakes federal and state appeals involving unresolved legal questions, complex records, and significant financial and reputational consequences.

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Defamation & Reputation Management

Reputation is one of the most valuable assets a person or business possesses. When false statements threaten a livelihood, a career, or standing within the community, the consequences can be devastating — and lasting.

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Internal Investigations

Organizations today face complex challenges when allegations of fraud, self-dealing, financial impropriety, or sexual and other forms of misconduct arise. How those issues are investigated — and how quickly and credibly they are addressed — can determine not only legal outcomes, but also an institution’s reputation, culture, and ability to move forward.

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Asset Forfeiture

Federal and state law gives the government broad authority to seize property alleged to be connected to criminal activity — and it doesn’t always require a conviction, or even criminal charges, to do so.

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Sanctions Related Advocacy

Sanctions regimes administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) — as well as parallel regimes enforced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other jurisdictions — have expanded significantly in recent years. Designations arising from the conflict in Ukraine, longstanding programs targeting Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela, and newer measures directed at entities with ties to China and other countries have created a complex, overlapping web of restrictions that affects businesses, individuals, and transactions across the globe.

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U.S. Discovery for Foreign Cases – Section 1782 Petitions

28 U.S.C. § 1782
When critical evidence sits in the United States and the fight is overseas, Section 1782 is one of the most powerful tools available to international litigants. Ford O’Brien Landy LLP has deep experience securing discovery for clients pursuing claims abroad

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Latest Significant Matters

Manhattan DA Launches Corporate Crime And Antitrust Task Force

Read the article: Manhattan DA launches corporate crime and antitrust task force.

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Cornell Grad Wrongly Linked to Chats About Alleged Gang Rape

Cornell grad suspended from job, doxxed after being wrongly linked to chats about alleged gang rape.

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Adam Ford Securing Removal of Names Online for Wrongly Accused Cornell Graduates

This New Yorker article features Ford O’Brien Landy LLP’s Adam Ford and his work representing those graduates wrongly identified online as members of a Snapchat group connected to the “Cornell Seven” allegations, securing the removal of their names from a website spreading the list. Read the full article here.

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Former Members of Cornell Fraternity Facing Unjust Harrassment in Rape Case

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ technology/ 2026/10/11/ how-cornell-rape- case-turned- into-sprawling- campaign- harassment/

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Adam Ford Represents Former Cornell Fraternity Members Seeking to Clear Their Names

Ford O’Brien Landy LLP’s Adam Ford represents former Cornell fraternity members seeking to clear their names following online misidentification and harassment. He is calling on Cornell to “correct the public record”- a critical step toward protecting their reputations and futures. Read the coverage in CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-fraternity-former-members-ask-university-clear-their-names/

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