Eric H. Sussman

Eric Sussman is Kaye Scholer's Chicago Co-Chair of the White Collar Litigation and Internal Investigations Practice. Mr. Sussman concentrates his practice in complex civil and white collar criminal litigation, representing individuals and corporations in proceedings involving the SEC, DOJ and other governmental agencies. He regularly counsels healthcare companies and private equity funds on compliance and regulatory matters, including Foreign Corrupt Practices issues.

Prior to joining Kaye Scholer, Mr. Sussman was Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Section for U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, where he supervised the successful prosecution of a wide array of cases, including complex securities fraud, tax offenses, regulatory violations, money laundering, racketeering, and computer-related investigations.

Mr. Sussman was also the Food & Drug Administration Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney's Office, where he worked with officials at the FDA and USDA to investigate and prosecute numerous criminal enforcement actions. He served as the lead prosecutor for a broad range of complex corporate fraud and regulatory investigations involving securities violations, corporate tax offenses, bank fraud, violations of food safety laws and workplace safety laws. Mr. Sussman has tried 29 federal cases, serving as first chair in 23 of them, and has briefed and argued multiple appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Among the cases that Mr. Sussman handled personally were the successful corporate securities and tax fraud prosecution of Conrad Black and other top executives of Hollinger International, relating to the embezzlement of millions of dollars from the corporation; the successful prosecution of one of the largest electrical contracting companies in the country for willfully violating OSHA regulations; the successful prosecution of the largest food-storage warehouse company in the Midwest and its president for fraud and food safety violations for their storing of tons of adulterated food products; and the successful prosecution of the former Chicago Police Department's chief of detectives and other organized crime associates who were convicted of operating a multi-million dollar jewelry theft ring.

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Sussman served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable George M. Marovich, N.D. of Illinois.

Mr. Sussman began his legal career at Sidley & Austin in the Product Liability Litigation Group, where he coordinated the defense of multi-district state and federal AIDS/Hemophilia litigation.