A prominent litigator and former federal prosecutor and Independent Counsel for the Whitewater investigation, Robert Ray is a respected courtroom veteran who aggressively advocates his clients’ interests in white collar criminal defense matters; corporate governance and compliance issues; internal investigations; and general litigation, including civil RICO and commercial fraud.

Bob has extensive first chair trial experience, handling more than 25 federal jury trials to verdict in matters ranging from bank fraud, extortion, bribery, real property, and healthcare law to white collar criminal defense, including sophisticated prosecutions – as both a prosecutor and as a defense attorney – involving RICO, terrorism, violent crime, and public corruption offenses as well as securities fraud. Some of these trials have been multi-month proceedings in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere involving dozens of witnesses and claims and extensive cross-examination of critical witnesses over a number of days.