Vinoo Varghese Attorney

First Admitted: 2001, New York

Professional Webpage: https://www.vargheselaw.com/vinoo-varghese-principal-attorne...

Bar/Professional Activity:

District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
Northern District of New York
Western District of New York
Western District of Pennsylvania
Eastern District of Michigan
District of Connecticut
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for D.C.
Northern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Northern District of Illinois
Western District of Oklahoma
District of Colorado
North American South Asian Bar Association, Former board member
Headed the "Assault on Police Officers Program" at the Kings County District Attorney's Office, a unit that investigated and prosecuted serious felony attacks on police officers, 2006.
New York County Lawyers' Association, Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee, 2007-2011
South Asian Bar Association of New York, Former board member
Asian American Bar Association of New York, Board of Directors, 2010-2014
North American South Asian Bar Association, Criminal Justice Committee co-chair
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Secured complete acquittal for client charged with criminal tax fraud in the Eastern District of New York. https://www.law360.com/articles/728592/jury-clears-construction-biz-owner-in-retrial-on-tax-charges, 2015

Videos:

Videos of Vinoo Varghese

Representative Clients:

School teacher Richard Hovan charged with statutory rape 2015.
Republican City Councilman Daniel Halloran charged with orchestrating bribery scheme to award Republican mayoral nomination to a Democrat, Malcolm Smith 2014.
Construction company owner Tomas Olazabal charged with filing false tax returns 2015.
Rengan Rajaratnam, hedge fund trader charged with insider trading 2013.
Real Estate Broker Richard Silver charged with art fraud 2012.

Honors/Awards:

Rising Stars, New York Law Journal, 2014
Quoted often in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the New York Law Journal, NY1, Crain's New York Business
AV Preeminent®: The highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that the lawyer's reviewed peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards., AV Preeminent 5.0 Rating, Martindale, 2017
The highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that the lawyer's reviewed peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards., AV Preeminent 5.0 Rating, AV Preeminent® 5.0 Rating, Martindale, 2018
The highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies that the lawyer's reviewed peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards. 5.0 Rating., AV Preeminent® 5.0 Rating, Martindale, 2019
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2015
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2016
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2017
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2019
NAPABA's Best Lawyers Under 40, 2012

Educational Background:

Chaminade High School, 1990
B.A. Philosophy, New York University, 1996
Brooklyn Law School, 2000

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Lecturer, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Cardozo Law School (2011-2014), Lecturer, Faculty, Cardozo Law School's ITAP
Along with co-presenter, David Gannaway, former IRS special agent, Contours of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, New York Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Presenter, 2014
Best Practices for Responding to Possible Violations - Reporting and Remediating Misconduct, West Legal Ed Center and Thomson Reuters, Panelist, 2013
Presentation on recent Second Circuit sentencing trends, Presenter, The White-collar Crime Landscape, New York Law Journal, 2013
Supervised and critiqued Law Department attorneys' live simulations of witness examinations, voir dire, and opening & closing statements, Lecturer, Faculty, New York City Law Department Civil Trial Advocacy Program, 2015
Supervised and critiqued Law Department attorneys' live simulations of witness examinations, voir dire, and opening & closing statements, Lecturer, Faculty, New York City Law Department Civil Trial Advocacy Program, 2016, Lecturer, Faculty, New York City Law Department Civil Trial Advocacy Program, 2016
Fishy Justice: The Supreme Court’s Take(s) On Prosecutorial Discretion and Overcriminalization (in rejecting the use of a federal law punishing corporate record destruction against a fisherman who dumped fish off his boat) In Yates v. United States, the Supreme Court for the second time in a less than year, railed against the DOJ for both the leverage it possesses over defendants and its use of prosecutorial discretion in this maritime tale of justice or lack thereof. Less than a year earlier in Bond v. United States, the High Court unanimously ruled that the DOJ had gone too far in using a law against the spread of chemical weapons to prosecute a woman for trying to poison her husband’s lover. Join a distinguished panel of current and former prosecutors in discussing the Supreme assessments of prosecutorial discretion, the possible overcriminalization of federal criminal law, and what this means for both prosecutors and defense attorneys. Program Chair & Moderator: Vinoo Varghese, Principal, Varghese & Associates, P.C., New York, NY Panelists: 1. Sanjeev Bhasker, AUSA, USAO-Western District of North Carolina; 2. Tejpal Chawla, AUSA, National Security Section, USAO-Washington, D.C.; 3. Samidh Guha, Partner, Jones Day, New York, NY; and 4. Michael Li-Ming Wong, Partner, Gibson Dunn, San Francisco, CA., Program Chair & Moderator, Fishy Justice: The Supreme Court’s Take(s) On Prosecutorial Discretion And Overcriminalization, NAPABA, 2015

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Won a rarely granted retrial in a criminal tax case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit against the Department of Justice's Criminal Tax Division and IRS. https://www.law360.com/articles/728592/jury-clears-construction-biz-owner-in-retrial-on-tax-charges, 2015
Secured complete acquittal after three-week jury trial for client charged with criminal tax fraud in the Eastern District of New York before the Honorable Brian M. Cogan, 2015

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