Reid Weingarten is widely recognized as one of the nation's top white-collar criminal defense lawyers. In 2014, Chambers USA gave him the rare distinction of a “star” ranking for both Litigation: Trial Lawyers nationwide and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations in the District of Columbia. Chambers also presented him with its sole Award for Excellence in white-collar litigation. In 2011, The National Law Journal named him one of the "Most Influential Lawyers in White-Collar Defense" and selected him for its annual feature on "Winning." Who’s Who Legal has named him “International Business Crime Defense Lawyer of the Year” for six consecutive years, noting in 2012 that he was the most highly regarded lawyer in its research and was variously described as "the dean of white-collar criminal defense," "DC’s finest trial lawyer," and "utterly superb."

Mr. Weingarten works from Steptoe's Washington and New York offices, and has represented individuals and corporations in some of the most high-profile cases in the country. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a trial attorney for the Public Integrity Section of the US Department of Justice and as a deputy district attorney for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.