Category: Media Mentions

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.…

It’s unclear what Ellis, or any other of the lawyers who flipped, will say if called to the stand. But if Ellis testifies, Trump’s attorneys could argue that her statements show that she “unknowingly passed along false information to Trump,” according to Kevin O’Brien, a…

“Bankman-Fried may have little choice but to take the stand because the trial appears to be going poorly for him,” said Kevin O’Brien, a former federal prosecutor who’s now a defense lawyer in New York. Read the full article

“She got a great deal for herself,” said ex-federal prosecutor Kevin O’Brien, a white-collar partner at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP. “It was very smart, and other defendants in the case are going to take note of that. You’re going to see some rush to the…

Kevin O’Brien, a partner at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP in New York and former federal prosecutor who is not involved in the Fat Leonard case, said instances of government misconduct, particularly failures to produce relevant discovery, “seem to be on the rise today.” Read more…

“You just can’t say we can’t have a trial because people have strong opinions about Trump,” said Kevin O’Brien. “There has to be a way to reach a level of jury knowledge and objectivity that is satisfactory to the task at hand. If you can’t,…