Rahul Agarwal

Rahul Agarwal is a white collar and litigation partner at Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman &  Robbins, where he represents and counsels companies, individuals, and governmental entities in  complex civil litigation, white collar defense, regulatory investigations, and crisis management. Before entering private practice, Rahul served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s  Office for the District of New Jersey, where he led and supervised major prosecutions involving  securities and healthcare fraud, public corruption, and civil rights violations, and where he  received the Department of Justice’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance. He was  promoted to Deputy Criminal Chief, Executive Assistant United States Attorney, and,  eventually, Acting Principal Assistant United States Attorney (the second-highest ranking  position in the Office).  

Following his tenure as a prosecutor, Rahul served as Deputy Chief Counsel to the Office of the  Mayor of New York City, advising the Mayor and City Hall on a variety of legal and policy  matters and providing oversight across more than ten city agencies. Rahul serves on the Board of  Directors of the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program, the Lawyers Advisory  Committee of the New York City Urban Debate League, and as an Editor for the ABA’s  Litigation Journal. Rahul is a past President of the South Asian Bar Association of New York,  having served in that role in 2011.