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Bear: A Look at Who?s Repping Cioffi and Tannin

By Jamie Heller

Federal agents exit 26 Federal Plaza with handcuffed former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi, Thursday, June 19, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

With former Bear fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin arrested today on charges of securities fraud, including insider trading, here’s a look at their lawyers.

Edward J.M. Little for Cioffi: Little (Boston College, Boston Law 59 years old), is a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed. According to his bio, he’s had a role in some of the biggest white-collar cases in recent history, including Westar, Enron, Royal Ahold, Lucent, Tyco and Adelphia. He even had a cameo in the CIA leak case (remember, Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame?), repping pro bono a “senior White House” official in grand jury proceedings. He chairs the firm’s white-collar practice group. LB readers might recall that HH&R is the same firm, NY-based, that orchestrated Merck’s strategy for its Vioxx litigation.

Susan Brune for Tannin: Brune has an entirely different background. She went to Michigan undergrad, got an M.A. in American History at Columbia and went to Harvard Law, graduating in ‘88. She was at the Southern District from 1990 to 1997 and is currently at what appears to be a small (under 20 lawyers) boutique shop focusing on commercial litigation and white-collar defense. She co-founded her firm, Brune & Richard, with another HLS classmate. Her bio says her experience includes securities fraud, accounting fraud, money laundering, antitrust, FCPA, customs violations and bank fraud.

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).