Hadassa Waxman is a partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations and Securities Litigation Groups. Her practice is focused on representing corporations and senior executives in civil litigation, criminal investigations, and enforcement and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Proskauer, Hadassa was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where she served in the Public Corruption Unit, the Securities and Commodities Task Force and the Violent Crimes Unit.
A first-chair trial lawyer, Hadassa served as lead counsel in numerous federal jury trials, some of which spanned many months, involving securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, cybercrime and corporate criminal liability, homicide, arson and other crimes of violence. Hadassa has also second-chaired and supervised scores of additional trials.
As a federal prosecutor, Hadassa led scores of investigations resulting in criminal charges. She served as Co-Chief of the General Crimes Unit, where supervised approximately fifty prosecutors, oversaw thirty trials and managed hundreds of prosecutions.
Before joining the Department of Justice, Hadassa focused on employment defense at a Wall Street law firm, where she represented corporate employers and senior executives in connection with Title VII claims and its state law equivalents brought before arbitration panels, and in state and federal court.
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D.
- London School of Economics and Political Science, M.A.
- Brandeis University, B.A.
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Awards & Recognition
Benchmark Litigation Litigation Star 2023-2025
The Legal 500 United States: General Commercial Disputes 2020
The Legal 500 United States: White Collar Criminal Defense 2020-2021, 2023
The Legal 500 United States: Corporate Investigation & White-Collar Criminal Defense 2024
Best Lawyers in America 2023-2025
Matters
Representative Experience
- Conducted an internal investigation for the Research Foundation for the State University of New York into allegations of sexual misconduct by a leading scientific researcher.
- Represented a professional sports league in an internal investigation into allegations of domestic abuse by a top player.
- Represented a professional services firm in an investigation of a former partner involved in cyberstalking and sexual misconduct.
- Represented senior executives, officers, and directors of a foreign exchange company in an internal investigation into allegations financial malfeasance of top executives.
- Advised a syndicate of lenders in connection with a Department of Justice criminal investigation into alleged physical abuse and other misconduct.
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of an independent Board of Directors of a health care company in connection with allegations of financial misconduct of the CEO.
- Represented a senior executive of an advertising company in a criminal investigation involving fraud in New York City contracts.
- Represented the CEO of a privately held multinational corporation indicted for wire fraud in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Represented the former CFO and Chief Accounting Office of a publicly traded company in an SEC and DOJ investigation related to accounting fraud.
- Represented a multinational professional services firm in negotiations with the DOJ about rescinding a long-standing agreement that has resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of business.
- Represented a professional sports league in an internal investigation into allegations of player fraud.
- Provided crisis management advice and assistance to a media company following an announcement of a DOJ investigation.
- Represented a former senior executive of a publicly traded company in a DOJ and SEC investigation into Foreign Corruption Practices Act violations.