Larry H. Krantz
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LKrantz@krantzberman.com
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Larry H. Krantz, a former federal prosecutor, has over twenty-five years of trial and appellate experience litigating white-collar criminal, regulatory, securities and commercial matters. In criminal and regulatory matters, Mr. Krantz regularly represents corporate executives and other individuals involved in white-collar investigations and prosecutions. In civil matters, he regularly represents financial institutions, insurers, other public and private companies and individuals involved in state and federal court litigation.
Mr. Krantz has successfully tried a wealth of criminal and civil cases in federal courts, state courts and in arbitration forums. In 2006, Mr. Krantz was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (www.actl.com). He was also chosen for inclusion in the New York and Corporate Counsel editions of “Super Lawyers,” and has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer-review rating.
Education and Experience
Mr. Krantz graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1980. He was on the Dean’s List and served as the Case Comment Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review, where he authored Mistrial Over Defense Objection: Review Under the Double Jeopardy Clause, 45 Brooklyn Law Review 999 (1979). After law school he clerked for the Honorable I. Leo Glasser, United States District Judge, Eastern District of New York. From 1983-1989, Mr. Krantz served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Eastern District of New York, where he successfully prosecuted cases involving financial fraud, arms-export violations, tax evasion, bribery, organized crime and narcotics trafficking.. He was also formerly a partner at Leventhal Slade & Krantz, an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP and an Adjunct Instructor of Legal Writing for Brooklyn Law School.
Memberships and Activities
Mr. Krantz is a Director of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers (www.nycdl.org), a Member of the Joint Local Rules Committee for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and a Member and Master of the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court. Mr. Krantz regularly teaches trial advocacy for the American College of Trial Lawyers and is a chapter author of the treatise "Defending Federal Criminal Cases: Attacking the Government's Proof" (Law Journal Press).
Bar Admissions
Mr. Krantz is admitted to practice in New York (1981), the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of New York (1983), Southern District of New York (1993) and District of Connecticut (1993); the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second Circuit (1989) and Eighth Circuit (1993); and the United States Supreme Court (1996).
