Category: Kevin O’Brien

Kevin O’Brien, a white-collar defense attorney and partner of Ford O’Brien Landy LLP joins “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss Sam Bankman-Fried being sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding FTX investors. Watch the video

Kevin J. O’Brien, Partner at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, trial lawyer and former assistant U.S. attorney who specializes in white-collar criminal defense, told the Washington Examiner he believed Engoron likely applied the statute as it was intended to apply. “This is what 63(12) was for. It was meant to address…

Donald Trump Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll more than $83M in damages. A jury decided Trump must pay $18.3M in compensatory damages, and $65M in punitive damages. LiveNOW’s Carel Lajara spoke about the decision with legal analyst Kevin O’Brien, Partner at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP…

Trial attorney Kevin O’Brien joins LiveNOW’s Carel Lajara to analyze former President Trump’s defamation trial in New York City, including Trump’s clashes with the judge in the case. Watch the video  

Former U.S. attorney Kevin O’Brien joins LiveNOW’s Carel Lajara to break down the implications of Maine’s top election official removing former President Trump from the 2024 primary ballot. Watch the video

Kevin J. O’Brien, a defense attorney specializing in white-collar criminal cases and a former federal prosecutor, says the tax charges are serious given the amount of money involved and could very well end with jail time. But he also questioned how prosecutors switched gears on…

“Look at Michael Milken,” he said, pointing to the financier who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and served only two after pleading guilty to securities fraud in 1990. “He reinvented himself,” Kevin O’Brien said of Milken. “He went from being a junk bond…

“It was a very well-tried case by the government,” says former U.S. Assistant Attorney Kevin J. O’Brien. “The evidence was substantial… They had four cooperators from inside the company testifying that he was in charge and made all the key decisions.” Originally slated to last…

There was very little to lose, given the weight of the prosecution’s evidence, defense attorney Kevin O’Brien of Ford O’Brien Landy LLP said. “They needed a game-changer.” It also wasn’t totally unreasonable to think that Bankman-Fried might charm the jury. “He had worked his magic…

Ford O’Brien Landy LLP partner Kevin J. O’Brien predicts that Sam Bankman-Fried could face a prison sentence of “something in the neighborhood of 15 years, or maybe even 20 years.” “He’s a relatively young man, his whole life is in front of him,” O’Brien said.…