Rahul Agarwal

Rahul Agarwal is a 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. 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. He also was appointed by Governor Hochul to serve as a Trustee on the New York State Interest on Lawyer Account Fund.

Mr. Agarwal is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia Law School.