Samuel P. Moulthrop

Partner

Samuel P. Moulthrop heads Riker Danzig's White Collar Criminal Defense Practice and is also a partner in the firm’s Environmental Group. He focuses on litigation and white collar criminal defense.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Moulthrop served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. In that office, he served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief of the Criminal Division, in which he supervised federal criminal investigations and trials in the District of New Jersey; Chief of the Appeals Division, in which he supervised and handled appeals for the U.S. Attorney’s Office before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Deputy Chief of the Fraud and Public Protection Division, for which he supervised and litigated white collar criminal prosecutions, including bank, insurance, and securities fraud cases and environmental cases; and Chief of the Environmental Section, for which he supervised and handled civil and criminal environmental litigation conducted by the federal government in the District of New Jersey. Mr. Moulthrop also served as the Acting Branch Chief and as an Enforcement Attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

He has extensive experience assisting clients with government enforcement and compliance issues involving potential criminal charges. He regularly manages complex federal and state court litigation on behalf of Fortune 500 corporations, and their officers and directors. Over the past year, Mr. Moulthrop and his team of attorneys have represented both companies and individuals in connection with criminal investigations involving allegations of violations of securities laws, Arms Export Control Act, environmental statutes, and tax laws. They have also handled cases involving fraud and political corruption allegations.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers Client’s Guide has named Mr. Moulthrop one of the leading white-collar crime & government investigations litigators in the state describing his style as "low-key and subtle, and extremely effective." Clients say they are "bowled over by his courtroom presence," and applaud the way in which he brings "unique insights into how cases should be managed." The Guide also states that he has "built up a superior profile for white-collar criminal defense." Mr. Moulthrop is also counted among the top lawyers in New Jersey by Best Lawyers in America®, a peer review of US Lawyers. Additionally, Law & Politics Magazine has named Mr. Moulthrop a New Jersey "Super Lawyer" since 2006.

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Related Case Decisions

• Morton Int’l v. A.E. Staley Mfg. Co., United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 343 F.3d 669, 9/16/03
  Sep 16, 2003
• White v. Williams, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 179 F. Supp. 2d 405, 1/9/02
  Jan 9, 2002

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• Environmental UPDATE - Special Edition
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• Environmental UPDATE January 2010
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• Environmental UPDATE November 2009
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• Environmental UPDATE May 2009
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• Environmental UPDATE November 2008
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• Environmental UPDATE April 2008
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• Environmental UPDATE November 2007
  Nov 13, 2007
• Environmental UPDATE May 2007
  May 21, 2007
• Environmental UPDATE September 2006
  Aug 24, 2006
• Environmental UPDATE March 2006
  Feb 28, 2006
• Environmental UPDATE September 2005
  Sep 20, 2005
• Environmental UPDATE October 2004
  Oct 19, 2004
• Environmental UPDATE May 2004
  May 1, 2004

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