An accomplished trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor, Josh represents companies, boards, and executives in white collar criminal defence, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, high-stakes commercial disputes, and crisis management.
From 2012 to 2023, Josh was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), 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 for seven years, he handled high-profile matters involving insider trading, corporate and accounting fraud, market manipulation, obstruction of justice, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and cryptocurrency. His headline prosecutions included United States v. Blaszczak and individuals at Visium, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Herbalife, KIT digital, and various SPACs. He also served on the Deputy Attorney General’s KleptoCapture Task Force and in the SDNY’s Money Laundering and Violent & Organized Crime Units, where he directed sensitive investigations involving money laundering, sanctions evasion, export control violations, and racketeering that focused on Russian oligarchs and organised crime, including as featured in the movie Molly’s Game. His work involved extensive coordination of cross-border and multi-agency investigations, including with the SEC, CFTC, and FBI.
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 successful defence 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 practised at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, working principally on takeover disputes, securities litigation, and white collar matters. He was also a law clerk to The Honourable John M. Walker, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and to The Honourable 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.
