An accomplished trial lawyer and distinguished former federal prosecutor, Josh focuses on white-collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, high-stakes commercial disputes, and crisis management.
Prior to joining Pallas, Josh was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) for eleven years, leading many of the government’s most significant white-collar prosecutions and trials during his tenure. As a senior member of the SDNY’s Securities & Commodities Fraud Task Force, he handled high-profile matters involving insider trading, corporate and accounting fraud, market manipulation, money laundering, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, cryptocurrency, sanctions evasion and export control violations, and racketeering. His headline prosecutions included United States v. Blaszczak, individuals at Visium, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Herbalife, KIT digital, and various SPACs, as well as KleptoCapture matters. His work involved extensive coordination of cross-border and multi-agency investigations, including with the SEC, CFTC, FBI, and IRS, and was featured in the movie Molly’s Game.
Josh has tried fifteen cases, all to successful verdicts and outcomes. He secured convictions in every federal criminal trial that he led as an Assistant United States Attorney and was a member of the trial team in the landmark defense of Airgas’ “poison pill” in the Delaware Court of Chancery. He has briefed or argued 17 appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Josh was named a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal.
Before joining the Department of Justice, Josh practiced at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, working principally on takeover disputes, securities litigation, and white-collar matters. He was also a law clerk to The Honorable John M. Walker, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and to The Honorable Carol Bagley Amon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He received his B.A. from Yale University, magna cum laude and with distinction, and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review and a James Kent Scholar.
Josh is a frequent commentor on issues relating to white-collar enforcement and has been quoted by or appeared on numerous major news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, and CNN.
