Ron DePetris has over thirty years of experience handling white collar criminal and fraud-related civil matters.  He has also served for many years as a court-appointed Independent Supervisor with responsibility to investigate and monitor corruption within a labor union, pursuant to a Consent Decree obtained by the United States Attorney's Office.  (See our Internal Investigations Practice.)

Mr. DePetris obtained a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, in June 1969 from Columbia University School of Law, where he received honors as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, a Dean's List Scholar, and a Moot Court Judge.  He had received a BA degree from Dickinson College in June 1966.  After graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable George Rosling, United States District Judge, Eastern District of New York, for two years.

Mr. DePetris then served as an Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, for six years, rising to the positions of Chief of the Fraud Section and Chief of the Criminal Division.  In those years he conducted, tried and supervised a wide variety of white collar criminal prosecutions.  He left the United States Attorney's Office in 1977 to enter private practice as a partner in the law firm of DePetris & Stewart, where he specialized in white collar criminal and fraud-related civil cases for a period of five years.  In 1982 he returned to the United States Attorney's Office to serve as the Chief Assistant United States Attorney for a period of 31/2 years.  As Chief Assistant, he had responsibility for supervising the Criminal and Civil Divisions of the United States Attorney's Office.  He also led the prosecution of and tried several significant white collar criminal cases, and supervised many other important cases.

In 1986 Mr. DePetris returned to private practice with Marion Bachrach, who had served as a Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office.  Ever since then, Mr. DePetris and Ms. Bachrach have engaged in a litigation practice together, specializing in white collar criminal and fraud-related civil matters, initially as counsel to two larger New York law firms and, since November 1993, in their own law firm, DePetris & Bachrach, LLP.

In addition to the private practice of law, Mr. DePetris has engaged in other professional activities, including the following:

Adjunct Professor, Fordham University,
Criminal Justice Program (course entitled "White Collar Crime" - 1977)

Chairman, Emergency Action Committee, New York Council of Defense Lawyers (1987-1990)

Member, Committee on Criminal Advocacy, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1986-1989)

Mr. DePetris has also written or co-authored various articles in his field of law, including the following:

The New Money-Laundering Act -- Assault On Right To Counsel, Ronald E. DePetris and Marion Bachrach, New York Law Journal, June 25, 1987.

The Insider Trading Panic -- The Overlooked Element of Scienter, Ronald E. DePetris, New York Law Journal, December 10, 1986.

Forfeiture of Attorneys' Fees -- A Responsible Approach, Ronald E. DePetris and Marion Bachrach, New York Law Journal,  June 19, 1985.

Subpoenas to Defense Attorneys -- A Responsible Approach, Ronald E. DePetris and Marion Bachrach, New York Law Journal, April 30, 1985.

Mr. DePetris is admitted to practice law in New York and before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.  He has also been admitted to practice pro hac vice in cases in federal district courts in Florida, New Jersey, and Ohio.

RDePetris@DePetrisBachrach.com