Office:
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2317 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton, NY 11932
Phone:
(631) 994-2408 (Phone)
Specialties:
Litigation
White Collar Defense & Special Investigations
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Trial Practice
Memberships:
Professional & Community Involvement
•Member, Board of Directors, Accelerate Long Island, 2013-2018
•Co-Chair, Investment Review Committee, Accelerate New York Seed Fund, 2017-2018
•Member, Executive Committee, Long Island Real Estate Group, 2016-2018
•Member, Advisory Board, Clean Energy Business Incubator Program, 2015-2018
•Member, Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning & Policy Commission, 2009-2012
•Chair, Suffolk County Supervisors’ Association, 2011-2012
•Member, Long Island’s Regional Economic Development Council, 2011-2012
University:
Yale University, B.A., 1989
Law School:
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., Notes Editor, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 1994
Reported:
Experience: U.S. Attorney's Office Experience: Member of the trial team in U.S. v. Raniere, an eight-week complex racketeering trial where the defendant, the leader of the NXIVM self-help group, was convicted of racketeering, sex trafficking, and other related offenses. The defendant was sentenced to 120 years' imprisonment.; U.S. v. Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera (supervised case resulting in conviction of leader of the Sinaloa cartel at trial).; Supervised and participated in the prosecution of a major multinational technology company and its CFO.; Supervised a case involving a $6 billion 1MDB Malaysian bond fraud.; Supervised a $2.9 billion FCPA resolution involving a major financial institution, including its subsidiary's guilty plea.; Lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Sabhnani, known as the 'Muttontown Slave Case,' where the defendants were convicted of detaining two domestic servants in a state of servitude after a ten-week trial.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Lesko prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.; Government Experience: Acting Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, National Security Division, 2021; United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, 2002-2009, 2018-2021; Acting United States Attorney, 2021; First Assistant United States Attorney, 2019-2021; Special Counsel to the United States Attorney, 2018-2019; Assistant United States Attorney, 2018-2022; Deputy Chief, Long Island Criminal Division, 2005-2009; Assistant United States Attorney, 2002-2009; Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven, 2009-2012; Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, 1999-2002; Previous Experience: Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Vice President for Economic Development, 2016-2018; Executive Dean, Hofstra University's Center for Entrepreneurship, 2015-2018; Adjunct Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, 2016-2018; Adjunct Professor, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, 2018; Executive Dean, Scott Skodnek Business Development Center, 2016-2018; Executive Dean, Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies, 2016-2018; Accelerate Long Island, Melville NY; Executive Director, 2012-2016