Lorin L. Reisner

Lorin L. Reisner is Chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. He supervises the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes by a team of more than 160 Assistant U.S. Attorneys. He was appointed in January 2012.

From 2009 until his appointment as Chief of the Criminal Division, Mr. Reisner served as the Deputy Director of the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In that position, he helped set enforcement priorities, supervised the work of the Division's more than 900 investigative professionals nationwide, made enforcement recommendations to the Commission and oversaw the trial and related litigation activity of the Enforcement Division.

While at the SEC, Mr. Reisner helped oversee and implement the most significant reorganization of the Enforcement Division in more than thirty years. He helped lead the highly successful launch of five national specialized units within the Division and was personally involved in the investigation and filing of many important cases brought by the Commission, including enforcement actions against Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan, Wachovia Corporation, New Century Financial, IndyMac Bancorp and others.

Before joining the SEC, Mr. Reisner was a litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York from 1996-2009. In private practice, Mr. Reisner was a nationally recognized leader in white collar matters, government investigations and business litigation.

Mr. Reisner served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1990-1994, where he investigated and prosecuted financial crimes, public corruption and racketeering. Mr. Reisner received the Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney for his successful prosecution of a series of corruption cases.

Mr. Reisner received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University in 1983. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Milton Pollack, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, from 1986-1987.