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Bruce E. Reinhart

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Practice Focus

Professional Experience

Bruce E. Reinhart is a nationally recognized trial attorney and distinguished former federal prosecutor. Bruce is Co-Chair of the firm's White Collar and Government Compliance Practice Group and he focuses his practice on defending corporations and individuals in federal criminal investigations and regulatory enforcement matters. He conducts internal investigations and provides compliance counseling for businesses of all sizes. Bruce also represents corporations and individuals in asset forfeiture proceedings, including, in one case, successfully reacquiring over $1 million in property for a Fortune 500 company. Bruce’s extensive experience includes having served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida for over 11 years, as Senior Policy Advisor to the Undersecretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department, and as a Trial Attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Bruce represents individuals and corporations.

Bruce's background includes:

  • Over 50 jury trials to verdict in federal court.
  • More than 100 federal grand jury investigations including complex financial crimes, health care fraud, tax fraud, violent crimes, narcotics, and public corruption.
  • Conducting internal investigations of multi-million dollar employee embezzlements.
  • Hundreds of contested hearings in federal courts throughout the United States.
  • Over 200 federal sentencing hearings under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
  • Oral arguments before three U.S. Courts of Appeals.
  • Asset forfeiture, restitution, and post-conviction litigation.
  • Training other lawyers in trial advocacy, criminal practice, and ethics.

Media Appearances:

Media Reports:

Cases / Matters

  • Representation of medical doctor accused of 16 counts of health care fraud. After two-month trial in federal court in Southern District of Florida, client was acquitted on all counts.
  • Representation of an international law firm that was a victim in a multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme. Pursued claims in asset forfeiture, bankruptcy, and restitution proceedings. 
  • Representation of a Fortune 500 finance company as innocent owner in federal civil and criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. Over $1 million in seized assets were recovered.
  • Representation of co-owner of charter aircraft company charged in the District of New Jersey with obstructing Federal Aviation Administration, defrauding charter customers, and making false statements. Client acquitted of all false statement and obstruction charges.\
  • Representation of construction company owner accused of evading federal payroll taxes.
  • Representation of securities trader as witness in grand jury investigation conducted by the Eastern District of New York. 
  • Representation of former executive of a failed bank in grand jury investigation in the Middle District of Florida. 
  • Representation of U.S. Congressman being investigated for possible federal election crimes. No charges were brought.

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude (1987)
  • Princeton University, B.S.E., cum laude (1984)

State Admissions

  • Florida
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida 
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations

  • Adjunct Professor, Florida Atlantic University, College of Criminal Justice
  • Past President, Palm Beach County Federal Bar Association
  • Southern District of Florida Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review and Attorney Grievance, 2007-10.
  • Palm Beach County Bar Professionalism Committee, Vice Chair, 2008-09.
  • Southern District of Florida Criminal Justice Act Panel.
  • Southern District of Florida Bench/Bar Conference Planning Committee.

Publications

Presentations

  • Co-moderator for the panel on Health Care Fraud at the Southern District of Florida Bench Bar Conference on April 27, 2012.
  • "Ethical Considerations in Public Sector Law," ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division Meeting, November 4, 2011.
  • "Hot Topics in Legal Ethics," Master Seminar on Ethics, 2011 Florida Bar Annual Convention, June 24, 2011.
  • "Where Do We Go From Here? Public Corruption and Honest Services Post-Skilling," Florida Bar Government Lawyers Section, September 21, 2010.
  • "Securities Litigation 2010 - Criminal, Civil, Regulatory and Ethics. Now What Do We Have To Worry About?," Palm Beach County Bar, April 28, 2010.
  • Honest Services and Public Integrity Workshop, Florida Association of Counties Annual Convention, June 2009.
  • Honest Services and Public Integrity Workshop and Discussion, Palm Beach County Tax Collector, March 2009.
  • Criminal Law Practitioners' Ethical Duties seminar, Palm Beach County Bar, May 2008.

Awards and Honors

  • Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2012)
  • Florida Trend's Legal Elite 2010
  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • U.S. Attorney General's Honor Program
  • Undersecretary of the Treasury Exceptional Service Award
  • U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards for Meritorious Acts and Service
  • West Palm Beach Police Department Distinguished Service Award
  • Federal Employee of the Year nominee
  • South Florida's Most Effective Lawyers nominee

Community Activities

  • Commissioner, Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics (2010-2012)
Phone
561-472-2970
FAX
561-472-2122
Locations
  • 505 S. Flagler Drive
    Suite 300
    West Palm Beach, FL 33401
  • 200 South Biscayne Blvd.
    Suite 3130
    Miami, FL 33131