Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that former federal prosecutor Nicholas Goldin has joined the Firm’s Government and Internal Investigations practice as Counsel in the New York office.
Mr. Goldin joins the Firm from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York where he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for six years. At the U. S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Goldin was most recently a member of the Southern District’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and was formerly a member of the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Group. He has extensive investigative and trial experience in a wide range of white collar criminal matters, including securities and commodities fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, bank and lending fraud, and computer misuse and data security, and he has briefed and argued cases at the appellate level. As a federal prosecutor, he oversaw complex investigations involving multiple federal and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Mr. Goldin’s courtroom experience includes his role as co-prosecutor in the trial and conviction of Refco’s lead outside attorney for his involvement in the accounting and securities fraud at the now defunct financial services firm.
“We are delighted to have Nick join our Government and Internal Investigations practice,” said Pete Ruegger, Chairman of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Committee. “His skill and experience will be an asset to our clients in this important and expanding practice area.”
Simpson Thacher’s Government and Internal Investigations practitioners advise companies, boards, board committees and individual officers and employees on the full range of business related criminal and regulatory investigations. The practice encompasses banking, securities, antitrust, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other regulatory matters, and includes investigations involving the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, FINRA, and numerous State Attorney General’s Offices and District Attorney’s Offices around the country.
Mr. Goldin received his B.A. in 1996 from Cornell University, magna cum laude and with distinction in all subjects, and his J.D. in 1999 from Cornell University Law School, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Law Review. He has been an Adjunct Associate Professor at Fordham Law School since 2007. Before his government service, Mr. Goldin handled civil litigation matters in private practice.