Prior to entering private practice in 2010, she worked for almost 12 years as a prosecutor with the U.S. The victory was just the most public of the year for Glavin, whose wide-ranging successes for clients often never become public because of her advocacy during investigations.Ĭo-head of Seward & Kissel’s Government Enforcement and Internal Investigations practice, Glavin represents individuals and companies in high-stakes government investigations. In one of the highest-profile white-collar trials of 2017, Glavin earned the acquittal of Stephen DiCarmine, the former executive director of Dewey & LeBoeuf, on securities fraud and conspiracy charges. The list recognized only 25 attorneys nationally who have acted as pioneers and achieved remarkable success in the area of white collar crime.
Once it's in the public domain it's not confidential anymore.Seward & Kissel LLP partner Rita Glavin has been named a White Collar Crime Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. "The original opinion that he got from (a commission staff member) would have been confidential but he divulged it publicly. There was nothing confidential about it at all," Lavine said. "Cuomo acknowledged publicly that his staff had worked on writing, editing and advancing the publication of the book. In comments two months ago, Lavine denied disclosing confidential information from the ethics panel's deliberations or investigations.
In the six-page complaint that Glavin filed with the inspector general's office in April, she asserted that "confidentiality breaches have prejudiced Gov. Cuomo’s privacy rights and compromised the independence of the JCOPE commissioners and staff by exerting public pressure on them." She added that on "numerous occasions" between August and March, news outlets published stories about the commission's "plans, decisions, thought processes, and information" relating to its deliberations and resolutions calling for Cuomo to return his book proceeds.Ĭuomo disputes he misused government resources to produce the book. The commission alleges Cuomo made multiple misrepresentations and omissions when he sought and obtained JCOPE's approval two years ago to profit from a book detailing his administration's handling of the early stages of the pandemic. He resigned in the midst of his third term as governor in August weeks after a state attorney general's report concluded he had sexually harassed or acted inappropriately with multiple women - allegations that Cuomo denies.
The legal battles have unfolded as Glavin has filed complaints to various authorities about alleged leaks of confidential information regarding Cuomo, including accusing Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple of disclosing grand jury information regarding the now-dropped criminal case in which the former governor was accused of touching the breast of a female aide.Īs the skirmishes continue, Cuomo has resumed speaking at public events on matters ranging from spiraling gun violence to what he said are "woke" and "extremist" Democrats who have subjected him to "cancel culture" attacks that derailed his political career. Fleming argued that Cuomo's challenge of the disgorgement order is insufficient and not supported by law and that his motion to dismiss the the commission's counterclaims "misinterprets the sweep of JCOPE’s statutory authority."
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