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A week hasn’t gone by since I left my job as a prosecutor in 1995 (yes, 1995: Bill Clinton was president, the Dow topped 5,000
In a pair of decisions on December 3 and July 27 of, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court backed significant restraints on state prosecutors and their power
Newsflash: the Justice Department is still an insider’s club, criminal practice is not for beginners, and courts still penalize defendants who exercise their constitutional right
Last week, I was privileged to attend the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacy Law, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Here
Efrem Grail was recently interviewed for an article in BuzzFeed News titled: These Doctors Are Illegally Prescribing Addiction Medications. But Should They Be Prosecuted? Though
Hardly a month goes by without news of another credit card data breach. Merchants in nearly every sector have been hacked. While we often only
We asked our case expert, Forensic Tech/Systems Analyst Dr. Sean McLinden, to explain the recent wave of data breach attacks involving credit and debit /
Our colleague Ericka Adler of Roetzel recently offered advice on how physicians can protect their practices from internal fraud and embezzlement. You can read the
The Grail Law Firm recently represented a hospitality industry merchant who suffered a sizeable data breach that led to the compromise of credit card information
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Efrem M. Grail is a former prosecutor and big firm partner who defends entities and individuals in white collar criminal matters and regulatory proceedings, and represents clients in key litigation matters. Efrem also conducts internal investigations, litigates complex business disputes in federal and state court, and advises on compliance and regulatory matters. Efrem has been named as a “SuperLawyer” since 2005.
Efrem was a Litigation Partner at Reed Smith LLP, ranked 25th on The American Lawyer’s 2018 Am Law 200, in the Internal Investigations and Government Enforcement Defense Practice from 1997-2014. He chaired the Pro Bono Committee for the Pittsburgh office of Reed Smith.
Efrem served as a Deputy District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles from 1989-1995 (Special Investigations Division 1991-95). He tried more than 60 jury trials, prosecuting government official and police officer misconduct, public corruption, government contracting fraud and election campaign law violations.
Efrem worked for the Bird Marella firm in Southern California after his government service, the nationally-recognized litigation “boutique” engaged solely in the practice of complex civil and white collar criminal litigation.
Efrem was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Corporate Governance & Compliance Law and in Criminal Defense/White Collar Law. He was also selected as one of the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense, which named him to its Corporate Counsel Edition and Super Lawyers Business Edition.
Efrem has represented clients in confidential matters before federal grand juries and in courtrooms across the country.
Efrem is admitted to following Circuit Courts and has appeared for arguments in all except the Ninth.
Efrem has served on a variety of nonprofit boards and committees serving the legal community and the underserved.