Biography
Rebecca Monck Ricigliano, a former federal prosecutor, is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group and a member of its Steering Committee; she is also a member of the firm’s Financial Services and Investigations practices. Rebecca is an experienced trial and investigations lawyer, serving nearly a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and then as the First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey.
Rebecca conducts internal investigations for foreign and domestic clients, including Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, technology, transportation, government contracting, and defense sectors. Rebecca also represents individuals and companies in a wide array of grand jury and regulatory investigations and related enforcement, including criminal trials. Rebecca’s practice focuses on matters involving the Department of Justice’s Criminal and Antitrust Divisions, United States Attorney’s Offices, Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Office of Foreign Asset Control, state attorney general’s offices, and other federal and state regulators. In addition to those representations, Rebecca regularly counsels clients on remedial measures and on the development and updates of corporate compliance programs and other corporate policies. She also provides training for clients and their employees.
Rebecca is regarded as a leading white collar attorney by Chambers USA, acknowledging her “phenomenal skill set” and “experience and gravitas to be able to speak directly to the court.” She was recognized by Crain’s New York Business as a “Notable Woman in the Law” in 2020, and by Best Lawyers in America in 2021.
Prior to joining Crowell, Rebecca served nearly ten years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the SDNY where she tried numerous cases and briefed and argued appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. During her tenure, Rebecca was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and held various supervisory positions including Chief of the Narcotics Unit and Senior Trial Counsel in the Public Corruption Unit. As First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, Rebecca supervised complex criminal investigations and prosecutions and affirmative Consumer Fraud and False Claims Act cases. Prior to her government service, Rebecca was an associate at one of New York’s leading white collar criminal defense law firms, where she was a member of the defense team that represented Martha Stewart at trial.