BIO
Svetlana M. Eisenberg is a partner in the New York office of Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors.
Prior to joining the firm in August 2018, Ms. Eisenberg served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael E. Wiles, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York from 2017 to 2018.
Between 2014 and 2017, Ms. Eisenberg served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil and Criminal Divisions in the District of New Jersey. In that position, she conducted grand jury investigations into financial and other crimes. Ms. Eisenberg secured convictions for white collar and violent offenses, including investment fraud, credit card fraud, gift card fraud, aggravated identity theft, and bank robberies.
As an AUSA in the Criminal Division, Ms. Eisenberg was a member of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit. She was instrumental in obtaining an indictment in the largest known computer hacking and securities fraud scheme in which the co-conspirators operating in the Ukraine accessed non-public financial information, and then allowed other co-conspirators to use the non- public information for illegal securities trades in the United States.
As an AUSA in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. Eisenberg obtained dismissals of lawsuits against Government National Mortgage Association (commonly referred to as “Ginnie Mae”) and also investigated a major financial institution for discriminatory redlining practices that denied residents in majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods fair access to mortgage loans.
Between 2014 and 2015, Ms. Eisenberg served as Associate General Counsel in HSBC’s Global Internal Investigations Group.
Prior to that, Ms. Eisenberg was an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, where her experience included representing debtors and creditors in chapter 11 cases; representing individuals and corporations in commercial disputes and litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and participating in extensive internal investigations, including a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation on behalf Siemens AG’s Audit Committee.
Her extensive pro bono work at Debevoise focused on representation—alongside the Legal Aid Society—of women prisoners in Section 1983 litigation for sexual abuse in violation of their constitutional rights.
In 2014 and 2015, as member of the Litigation Committee of the New York City Bar Association, Ms. Eisenberg organized and moderated continuing legal education programs on jury selection and other jury-related issues.
Ms. Eisenberg is a founding member of the Legal Aid Society’s New Leadership Board, which helps address the access-to-justice gap in New York City.
Ms. Eisenberg served on the New Leadership Board between 2012 and 2014 and, in 2013, was elected Co-Chair of the Board.
In 2013, Ms. Eisenberg co-authored with Daniel Blau “Harsh Incarceration Conditions and Sentencing,” which was published in Law Journal Newsletters.
Ms. Eisenberg, who was born in Riga, Latvia, is also fluent in Russian.
Awards, Accolades and Recognition
Recognized by Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for outstanding prosecutorial skills and assistance in an investment fraud case (2017)
Award from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey for outstanding work in a Project Safe Childhood case (2017)
Certificate of Commendation from the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (2015)
Recognized by the Legal Aid Society for Outstanding Pro Bono Service (2009 through 2013)
Elected to membership in the Order of the Coif, Georgetown University Law Center (2004)
Medal of Excellence from the American Bankruptcy Institute for outstanding performance in bankruptcy coursework (2004)
EDUCATION
J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2004
Bachelor of Science in International Relations, Bennington College, 2000
Bar Admissions
New York