When Your Liberty Is at Stake, You Need a Team That Knows How To Win
Federal Criminal Defense and White Collar Lawyers NJ & NYC | Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers
When the government targets you, your business, or your professional license, you need an aggressive defense team with an understanding of how federal and state cases are built. We are that team. Partners Robert G. Stahl (former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey) and Laura K. Gasiorowski bring over 30 years of criminal defense and trial experience to defending complex white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions across New Jersey and New York. As a dedicated criminal defense boutique, we deliver the strategic agility, personal attention and direct partner access only a small firm can provide. Clients in high-stakes prosecutions trust us with their liberty, reputation and professional license because of who we are and what we do:
Insider Prosecution Experience: Led by a former federal prosecutor and a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Stahl Gasiorowski understands how U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the DOJ, and District Attorneys initiate, investigate, and build indictments.
Mastery of Complex Discovery: Our trial lawyers excel at deconstructing massive discovery productions, financial data, and forensic computer examinations.
Aggressive, Creative Motion Practice: We are widely recognized by our peers for “out-of-the-box” thinking, crafting powerful, highly sophisticated pre-trial motions, appellate briefs, and persuasive sentencing memos with powerful mitigation.
Why Us
Laura K. Gasiorowski and Robert G. Stahl are a formidable team – inspired, creative, experienced, driven, and relentless. Robert Stahl started his professional career in law enforcement, later becoming an attorney and working for years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. An accomplished trial attorney and member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, he brings 35 years of experience and an insider’s knowledge of how white-collar criminal cases are initiated, investigated, and prosecuted. Where possible, he is adept at strategic negotiation to avoid prosecution or to reduce exposure in a carefully crafted plea. When necessary, he is a formidable trial advocate known for his courtroom skills.
Partner Laura Gasiorowski, who is also Vice President of the ACDL-NJ and a CJA Panel Member, has been a criminal defense attorney devoted to complex white collar litigation and high profile criminal matters for over 30 years in New York and New Jersey. She is a fierce advocate for her clients, combining detail-oriented, proactive investigation with aggressive, creative, and incisive motion practice and courtroom advocacy. Known for thinking “out of the box” and for exquisitely crafted, powerful motions, appellate briefs and sentencing memoranda, Ms. Gasiorowski also has a deep reservoir of mitigation skills from her experience in death penalty cases, adept at using a client’s “story” to assist in obtaining dismissal of charges, alternative resolutions, or favorable sentencing outcomes.
Nationally Recognized Excellence: Our Awards & Peer Accolades
True validation of a criminal defense firm’s capability comes from the recognition of its peers, the judiciary, and the world’s most selective legal directories. Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers is consistently ranked among the elite white-collar defense and government investigations practices in New Jersey and New York by the most respected peer-reviewed publications in the legal industry:
Chambers USA: Ranked in White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 3)
- The Benchmark for Legal Excellence: Our firm is honored to be ranked in Band 3 by Chambers USA for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Chambers is widely considered the gold standard for global legal rankings, utilizing intensive independent research and client interviews to identify firms that deliver the absolute highest level of technical legal ability, professional conduct, and client service.
- Chambers Spotlight: Our practice was selected for the prestigious Chambers Spotlight, New York, 2025, highlighting our firm as a premier, agile boutique capable of handling the most sophisticated corporate fraud and regulatory enforcement matters.
Super Lawyers & Best Law Firms
- Super Lawyers Selection: Robert G. Stahl, Laura K. Gasiorowski and Andrew Olysnecky are consistently named to the Super Lawyers list, a distinction awarded to a select percentage of practitioners who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in criminal defense.
- Best Law Firms & Best Lawyers: Our practice is regularly recognized by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” with Metro Tier One designations, reflecting our formidable reputation among fellow attorneys and corporate counsel for high-stakes trial defense.
Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent Rating
The coveted AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell represents the highest possible peer-review rating in both legal ability and ethical standards, signifying an “attorney’s attorney” who possesses an authoritative command of federal and state jurisprudence.
Success Through Experience and a Team Approach
The key to our success is exhaustive preparation, in-depth investigation, aggressive pre-trial motions, and well-thought-out trial strategy. To level the playing field against prosecutors and agencies with unlimited resources, we employ a team approach. Pairing more than three decades of trial-honed skills with an elite network of experts, forensic accountants, and computer examiners, we expose the critical vulnerabilities in the government’s case and strategize to protect our clients whether through dismissal of charges, a plea, or trial and appeal.
Specialized White-Collar & Healthcare Fraud Practice
We provide an aggressive, trial-ready defense against a broad spectrum of state and federal white-collar allegations, including:
Tax & Corporate Crimes: Strategic advocacy for criminal tax evasion, tax fraud, identity theft, money laundering, wire fraud, and mail fraud.
Healthcare Fraud, Anti-Kickback Violations & Compliance: Defending physicians, dentists, billers, pharmacists, and lab executives against Medicare fraud, telemedicine schemes, CGX cancer screening and DME fraud, up-coding, misbranding and pharmaceutical diversion.
Financial & Securities Frauds: High-stakes advocacy for financial professionals, corporate executives, and public officials facing investigations or charges of insider trading, securities fraud, tax fraud, cryptocurrency fraud, mortgage fraud, MCA fraud, foreign currency transactions and bribery and public corruption charges.
Digital & Emerging Tech Crimes: Defending against complex cryptocurrency fraud, blockchain investigations, computer fraud, hacking, and ransomware allegations.
High-Stakes Conspiracies and Multi-Defendant Matters: Proven representation in massive, multi-defendant prosecutions, including complex RICO, CCE, VICAR, and international money laundering, drug trafficking and terrorism offenses.
Who We Represent
Government investigations can instantly jeopardize personal liberties, professional licenses, and corporate viability. We provide a tailored, powerhouse defense for high-profile individuals and entities, including:
Business Entities: Publicly traded companies, privately held corporations, partnerships, builders, and investment funds.
Medical & Healthcare Professionals: Physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, billers, wholesalers, pharmacy sales representatives and marketers, and health care entities.
Corporate & Financial Executives: C-suite executives, corporate officers, brokers, traders, financial planners, accountants, and attorneys.
Agencies We Regularly Defend Against
We possess an insider’s understanding of how federal and state cases are built, routinely representing clients in matters involving the:
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
High-Stakes State and Federal Prosecutions
Federal and State Criminal Defense: Trial-Ready Advocacy
Beyond white-collar matters, our trial lawyers provide aggressive, powerhouse defense against serious state and federal criminal charges. We represent individuals facing complex law enforcement investigations, indictments, and high-stakes trials involving violent crimes, major narcotics operations, and multi-jurisdictional conspiracies.
Serious State & Federal Offenses
We bring decades of courtroom experience to individuals facing the most severe penalties, defending against allegations of:
- Homicide & Violent Crimes: Murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, and physical assault.
- Weapons & Firearm Offenses: Federal firearms trafficking, unlawful possession of a weapon, “host” guns, and carrying a handgun without a permit.
- Extortion & Racketeering: High-stakes extortion, coercion, and violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR).
Narcotics & Drug Trafficking Defense
We defend complex, multi-jurisdictional drug operations investigated by the DEA, HSI, FBI, and state task forces, including:
- Narcotics Trafficking & Distribution: Large-scale manufacturing, transportation, and conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances (CDS).
- Prescription & Pharmaceutical Fraud: Complex drug diversion and unlawful distribution, misbranding and counterfeiting allegations.
Domestic Violence & Municipal Court Matters
Stahl Gasiorowski’s state practice protects clients in sensitive, fast-moving matters:
- Domestic Violence Charges: Aggressive representation for domestic violence offenses, simple assault, and temporary or final restraining order (TRO/FRO) hearings.
- Serious Motor Vehicle Offenses: High-consequence traffic litigation, including Driving Under the Influence (DUI/DWI), eluding law enforcement, and death by auto.
- Sexual Assault and CSAM charges: high stakes defense of juveniles and adults charged with sexual assault, harassment, and possession of child pornography.
Identity Theft & Financial Fraud
- Theft Offenses: Identity theft, credit and debit card fraud, and sophisticated cyber-related property crimes.
Internal Corporate Investigations
When corporate malfeasance, data breaches, or regulatory non-compliance threaten a business’s viability and reputation, an independent, thorough internal inquiry is critical. Stahl Gasiorowski conducts comprehensive corporate investigations for small to midsize companies, partnerships, and boards of directors to identify exposure, mitigate risk, and respond effectively to government scrutiny.
Our Corporate Investigation Capabilities
We provide discrete, independent internal investigations involving a broad range of corporate risks:
- Financial Misconduct & Fraud: Investigating insider trading, embezzlement, corporate malfeasance, and complex financial irregularities.
- Data & Intellectual Property Theft: Uncovering employee theft, trade secret misappropriation, and corporate espionage.
- Cybercrimes & Digital Threats: Assessing ransomware attacks, business email compromise (BEC), and unauthorized network breaches.
- Employment & Regulatory Issues: Investigating sensitive whistleblowing allegations, regulatory non-compliance, and executive misconduct.
Led by a Former Federal Prosecutor
An effective internal investigation requires an insider’s understanding of how federal and state enforcement agencies build cases.
Our corporate defense practice is led by partner Robert G. Stahl, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) for the District of New Jersey. With decades of investigative and trial experience, our firm excels at:
Preparing comprehensive legal evaluations and compliance frameworks to prevent future regulatory enforcement actions.
Uncovering and forensic analysis of complex financial and accounting records.
Conducting high-stakes employee, executive, and witness interviews.
Gathering, preserving, and analyzing critical digital and physical evidence.
University and Student Disciplinary Matters
A college or university disciplinary investigation is not a simple administrative meeting—it is a high-stakes legal proceeding with life-altering collateral consequences. At Stahl Gasiorowski, we defend undergraduate and graduate students as well as professors facing serious code of conduct violations, disciplinary actions, title IX investigations, and concurrent law enforcement actions.
Because campus investigations often expose students to immediate criminal liability, our trial lawyers provide comprehensive protection across both academic and law enforcement settings.
Academic Disciplinary Defense Capabilities
We provide strategic counsel and aggressive advocacy for university and college students facing allegations involving:
- Title IX & Sexual Misconduct: Defending against sexual assault, sexual harassment, and dating violence allegations on campus.
- Violent Crimes & Campus Safety: Representation for fraternity/sorority hazing investigations, physical assault, and threats of violence.
- Statutory & Behavioral Violations: Defending charges of underage drinking, narcotics possession, credit card fraud, and serious code of conduct breaches such as dishonesty, cheating and plagiarism.
Protecting Your Future and Avoiding Collateral Consequences
University disciplinary hearing processes do not guarantee constitutional due process protections. We step in immediately to guide student-clients through the complex dynamics of cooperation vs. non-cooperation, focusing on:
Strategic Hearing Preparation: Preparing students for disciplinary panels, administrative interviews, and appeal procedures.
Preserving Constitutional Rights: Ensuring statements made during a campus hearing cannot be weaponized against the student in a parallel criminal investigation by local police, county prosecutors, or the state.
Mitigating Academic Fallout: Aggressively fighting to protect the student’s academic standing, scholarship eligibility, enrollment status, and future professional licensing viability.
Recent Notable Cases
Stahl Gasiorowski has provided high-stakes criminal defense in some of the most complex, prominent, or high profile federal and state prosecutions
High-Profile Public Corruption Defense: Represention of the Deputy Mayor of a major U.S. city in a highly publicized federal investigation and prosecution involving allegations of bribery, extortion, and official corruption.
The $600 Million Federal Conspiracy Prosecution: Defense of a prominent business owner and corporate entity in a massive multi-state, multi-defendant federal prosecution. The case involved complex allegations of money laundering and the unlawful interstate transport, processing, and international sale of precious metals derived from stolen catalytic converters.
Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud & Kickback Matter: Defense of a regional Marketing and Sales Director of a prominent NY/NJ medical laboratory. The federal indictment alleged , violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, and a complex healthcare fraud conspiracy involving reimbursement for medically unnecessary CGX cancer screening tests.
Multi-State Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Prosecution: Defense in a multidistrict prosecution for hacker who created the Mirai botnet to shut down a major university in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and later allegedly leased the botnet to cyber criminals who launched a massive DDoS attack against a major DNS provide rendering popular websites and online services inaccessible across the U.S. and Europe.
Contact Us
If you are facing an investigation, grand jury subpoena, federal or state criminal charges, or need internal corporate investigation, contact us for a free consultation at (908) 301-9001 or (212) 755-3300, or email us at RGS@SGDefenselaw.com or LKG@SGDefenselaw.com. For over 30 years we have been widely recognized by our clients and peers as a leading criminal defense firm that aggressively protects our clients’ rights and liberties.
Client Reviews
Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers are proud to share the expressions of gratitude we receive from our clients. The following reflect samples of such testimonials.
I was very fortunate to have found Bob and Laura to help me with my situation. I can’t express enough how both are exceptional at what they do. They explored every possible option to help me and guided me through a very difficult time. They were there for me every step of the way and made themselves available whenever I needed them. Their expertise...
When I retained the services of Stahl Criminal Defense attorneys, I hired them for their background and experience. What I received was stellar communication skills, excellent and professional representation and understanding without judgement. They are always accessible for a call or meeting. They are very responsive and understanding. You will...
For Robert G. Stahl, Esq. After being run around by two different lawyers I finally got justice when I hired Bob Stahl. His legal knowledge saved my life. Many thanks from me and my family.
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Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers is the firm that fights for you when you are targeted by the government in an investigation, arrest or indictment. Our criminal trial attorneys have a proven record of success in protecting our clients rights and liberties.
Frequently Asked Questions
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