Hadassa Waxman is a partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations and Securities Litigation Groups. Her practice focuses on representing corporations and senior executives in criminal investigations, 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. She also served as Co-Chief of the General Crimes Unit, where she trained and supervised new prosecutors, oversaw scores of jury trials and hearings and managed hundreds of investigations and prosecutions.
A first-chair trial lawyer, Hadassa served as lead counsel in numerous federal jury trials 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.
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