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.
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
- Represented CEO of a publicly traded technology company in an SEC and DOJ investigation related to accounting fraud.
- Represented former CFO and Chief Accounting Officer of a publicly traded construction company in an SEC and DOJ investigation related to accounting fraud.
- Represented a former senior executive of a publicly traded energy company in a DOJ and SEC investigation into Foreign Corruption Practices Act violations.
- Represented publicly traded government contractor in a DOJ investigation related to False Claim Act allegations.
- Represented senior executives, officers, and directors of a foreign exchange company in an internal investigation into allegations financial malfeasance by top executives.
- Advised a syndicate of lenders in connection with a Department of Justice criminal investigation into financial misconduct of the borrower.
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of an independent Board of Directors of a publicly traded 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.