Education:

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979

University of Michigan (Honors Program),  Ann Arbor, MI, A.B. with Honors and High Distinction in History, 1976

Admissions:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Affiliations:

Boston Bar Association

  • President (2008-2009)
  • President-Elect (2007-2008)
  • Secretary (2006-2007)
  • Elected Member of Council 
  • (2002-2005; 2006-present)
  • Member of Executive Committee (2004-2005; 2006-present)
  • Chair, Criminal Law Section Steering Committee (1999-2000) 
  • Chair, Membership Committee (2006-2007)
  • Chair, Nominating Committee (2000)

Trustee, Boston Bar Foundation (2004-present)

Member, Criminal Justice Act Board (D. Massachusetts) (present)

Member, Advisory Committee to recommend appoitnment of U.S. Attorney, U.S. Marshall and U.S. District Court Judge (D. Massachusetts) (appointed by Senator Kennedy, 2009)

Member, Massachusetts Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Nominations (2001-2002)

Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member, American Bar Association (Criminal Justice Section)

Trustee, Temple Israel (Boston, MA)

Presentations and Awards:

  • "The Power List," Most Influential Attorneys of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2009) 
  • New England Super Lawyer, Criminal Defense - White Collar (2009)
  • Panelist, Trends in Health Care Fraud Enforcement, Health Care Fraud, Boston Bar Association (2008)
  • Panelist, Succeeding as a Woman in the Legal Profession, Boston Bar Association (2008)
  • Panelist, Criminal vs. Civil: How Decisions Are Made and How You Can Influence Them, Pharmaceutical Fraud Workshop, ABA Health Care Fraud Institute (2007)
  • Panelist, Hot Issues in Health Care Fraud, ABA New England Regional White Collar Committee (2007)
  • Moderator and Author, Foundations of White Collar Law and Practice and Handling a Health Care Fraud Case, ABA Health Care Fraud Institute (2006)
  • Panelist, White Collar Crime 2006: Representing Corporate Employees in White Collar Crime, Boston Bar Association (2006)
  • Panelist and author, Health Care Fraud and Abuse, ABA White Collar Crime Institute (2003)
  • Panelist and author, Internal Investigations: Preserving or Abandoning the Corporation’s Attorney-Client Privilege, Trends in White Collar Crime, Boston Bar Association (2003)
  • Moderator, Pharmaceutical Investigations, ABA White Collar Crime Institute (2002)
  • Panelist and author, The Criminalization of Business Practices, Boston Bar Association (2002)
  • Panelist, Current Trends in Prosecution of Corporations, Boston Bar Association (2001)
  • Panelist, Winning Strategies for Defending Federal Criminal Cases, Federal Criminal Justice Act Seminar (2000)
  • Guest lecturer, Lawyers and Legal Ethics, Boston Bar Association and Boston College Law School    (1999-2002)
  • Selected as Massachusetts Super Lawyer in Criminal Defense: White Collar (2005-2009)
  • Selected as Best Lawyer In America, Criminal Defense (2008 - 2010)

Articles:

Boston Bar Journal, President's Page - "Thank You Kathy Weinman," Fall 2009

Brookline TAB - Brookline white-collar attorney to lead Boston Bar Association
 
DA honored for seeking to right wrongful convictions 

Qui Tam Actions Against Pharmaceutical Companies 

Defense Practice Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines  

Boston Bar Association: Serving the Bar and the Public, Interview with Kathy Weinman, 3/1/09
   

Kathy B. Weinman

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"The government increasingly has turned to criminal laws to govern and sanction business activities. As a defense lawyer, my job is to give clients a clear voice and to minimize the impact of extraordinary government power on clients’ businesses, livelihoods and lives."

Kathy Weinman is a partner at Dwyer & Collora, LLP focusing on white collar criminal, securities and other government enforcement investigations, prosecutions and appeals.

She defends individuals and corporations in numerous federal and state matters, including health care fraud, bank fraud, securities law violations and government contracting fraud.

Ms. Weinman has been a litigator for over 25 years.  She began her law practice with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale) in Washington, D.C.  In addition to her role as a founding partner of Dwyer & Collora, Ms. Weinman is an active leader of the Boston Bar Association where she recently served as President and member of the Executive Committee and previously chaired the Criminal Law Section and the Membership and Nominating Committees.

Areas of Representation:

Ms. Weinman’s practice concentrates on the defense of corporations and individuals in complex securities and white-collar criminal matters, including health care fraud, bank fraud, bankruptcy fraud, tax fraud and defense procurement fraud.

Recent Cases:

  • Represented Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in multi-year, multi-issue and parallel criminal and civil health care investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston (resulted in civil resolution of all issues; neither the company nor any employees were charged with crimes).
  • Defended international investment bank in securities investigation of its conduct as a financial advisor in connection with large corporate merger (no enforcement proceedings were commenced).
  • Represented executive of pharmaceutical company targeted for indictment in federal criminal off-label promotion investigation, following a guilty plea by the company (investigation concluded without criminal charges against the client).
  • Represented international food services corporation in resolving federal criminal tax investigation of an acquired company (matter concluded with resolution involving only the defunct acquired company; fine and legal expenses reimbursed by that company’s shareholders and law firm).
  • Defended large public housing owner/operator (negotiated favorable civil resolution with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development).
  • Negotiated resolution of DOJ criminal investigation against defense contractor and executive for alleged misconduct in government contracting, which permitted them to continue conducting business with the federal government.
  • Representation of broker-dealer in administrative securities proceeding involving relationships with hedge funds.
  • Representation executives of health care companies in ongoing investigations of allegations of off-label promotion.