Eric Snyder, a veteran trial lawyer and investigator, advises companies and individuals on a variety of complex white-collar litigations and investigations. His experience spans areas such as healthcare fraud, tariffs and tax fraud, and matters involving alleged campaign finance violations, money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act issues, wire fraud, securities and commodities fraud, antitrust violations, economic espionage, and racketeering. Eric primarily represents international clients facing investigation or prosecution in the United States.
Prior to his career in private practice, Eric spent 16 years as a federal prosecutor and trial lawyer. He spent eight years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he focused on prosecuting leaders of transnational criminal organizations and on cases involving bank and wire fraud, money laundering, and violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Eric also served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. While at DOJ, he received the U.S. Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance as a U.S. Federal Prosecutor in a Criminal RICO Prosecution.
Eric has been lead counsel in more than 30 successful jury trials and has argued six appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Perspectives
Recognition
Credentials
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 1994
- B.S., New York University, 1990
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maine
- New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Government & Military Service
- Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of State (2015-2016)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (2002-2010)
- Trial Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice (1999-2002)
- Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney’s Office (1994-1999)