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| Education: |
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D., CUM LAUDE, 1996 |
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SENIOR EDITOR, HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY, 1995-1996 |
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YALE UNIVERSITY, B.S., MAGNA CUM LAUDE, 1993 |
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WITH DISTINCTION |
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PHI BETA KAPPA |
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| Bar Admissions: |
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12/17/1996 NEW JERSEY |
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08/20/1997 NEW YORK |
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| Court Admissions: |
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1996 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW JERSEY |
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2003 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, EASTERN DISTRICT |
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2003 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, SOUTHERN DISTRICT |
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| Bar Affiliation: |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION (NYSBA), MEMBER, FEDERAL CRIMINAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE |
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| Clerkship: |
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LAW CLERK, HON. WILLIAM G. BASSLER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, SEPTEMBER 1997 - NOVEMBER 1998 |
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| Government Service: |
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ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 1998 - JANUARY 2003 |
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| Biography:
Matthew Queler is a Partner in Proskauer’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, working with the firm’s Corporate Defense and Investigations Practice Group. Prior to joining Proskauer, he served from 1998 to 2003 as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Jersey, where he successfully prosecuted numerous cases involving a wide array of federal criminal violations. As a federal prosecutor, Matthew also was an inaugural member of New Jersey’s Anti-Terrorism Task Force.
Matthew’s current practice focuses primarily on white collar criminal defense (including cases involving the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey, the New York and New Jersey Attorney General’s Offices, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office), SEC enforcement actions, and corporate internal investigations. Matthew’s practice also involves securities class actions and complex commercial litigation.
While at Proskauer, Matthew has represented individuals and corporations in white collar criminal prosecutions and investigations involving allegations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities fraud, accounting fraud, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, public corruption, and misappropriation, as well as foreign extradition proceedings.
He has represented clients in a number of the recent high profile scandals, including: the Tyco criminal investigation and SEC enforcement action; the Adelphia Communications accounting irregularities SEC enforcement action; the Kmart accounting irregularities SEC enforcement action; the Suprema criminal investigation and SEC enforcement action; and an individual defendant in U.S. v. Kozeny et al, 1:05-cr-00518-RCC (SDNY), the largest FCPA prosecution ever brought ($500 million in alleged bribes).
Matthew is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and a magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University. He clerked for the Hon. William G. Bassler, U.S.D.J., District of New Jersey (retired).
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