Attorney
New York, New York, 10005
Denis Patrick Kelleher is a partner at TMR and a highly experienced litigator who has represented individuals and business organizations in a wide variety of criminal, civil, regulatory and administrative investigations and trials.
Denis practices in the areas of white-collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation. He has represented numerous individuals in a wide variety of federal and state criminal and enforcement actions before the United States Justice Department, SEC, CFTC, New York County District Attorney’s Office, New York State Attorney General’s Office involving allegations of securities, bank, tax, insurance, health-care, wire and mail fraud as well as money-laundering. He has also represented individuals under investigation for broker-dealer trading and sales practices violations, civil RICO and other complex business disputes, bankruptcy-related litigation and contests concerning the suitability of certain financial products for investors. Denis also has represented individuals in internal corporate investigations in a wide-variety of industries (including investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering statutes), as well as individuals and entities involved in complex FINRA (formerly NYSE and NASD) securities arbitrations and/or enforcement and disciplinary proceedings.
After having worked as a Series 7 registered representative on Wall Street, Denis completed his legal education at St. John’s University School of Law and joined the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, rising to the level of Senior Assistant District Attorney. As an Assistant District Attorney, Denis tried more than 25 cases to verdict, including cases involving murder, armed robbery, burglary and narcotics trafficking.
