Former DNJ Prosecutor Joins White Collar Boutique

Abell Eskew Landau LLP

NEW YORK, NY – Former federal prosecutor Heather Suchorsky, who spent five years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey as a white-collar and gangs prosecutor, has joined Abell Eskew Landau LLP (AEL) as Of Counsel. AEL is a boutique law firm specializing in white-collar criminal defense, government investigations and enforcement matters, False Claims Act and qui tam cases, and healthcare regulatory and compliance counseling. Since its launch in 2020, AEL has become known as experts within the healthcare legal market and has built a thriving practice representing healthcare institutions, healthcare-adjacent technology companies, and healthcare professionals in federal and state investigations, civil enforcement matters, criminal cases, and insurance disputes. AEL is headquartered in New York City with robust practices in New York and New Jersey. With the addition of Ms. Suchorsky, AEL expands its rapidly growing New Jersey practice and augments its expertise in the areas of securities fraud, bank fraud, and mortgage fraud cases.

AEL’s founding partners previously served as federal prosecutors, as in-house counsel for a world- renowned healthcare system, and as outside defense counsel. Since its founding, the Firm has largely focused its practice on the healthcare industry. Mr. Abell was the former Chief of Civil

Healthcare Fraud in the Eastern District of New York and handled some of the country’s most complex qui tam and False Claims Act cases. Mr. Abell subsequently spent nearly two years as Chair of the Healthcare Fraud and White Collar Defense Practice at regional law firm. Mr. Eskew served as both a civil and criminal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York and District of New Jersey, respectively, and held multiple supervisory positions on the criminal side, including Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Chief of the Health Care and Government Fraud Unit. Mr. Eskew now focuses his practice on parallel investigations and white-collar criminal defense. Mr. Landau, who also handled healthcare cases as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, added five years as an associate general counsel at a world-renowned healthcare system. His practice focuses on healthcare transactions, regulatory counseling, internal investigations, and False Claims Act cases.

Together, AEL’s partners built a well-rounded full-service healthcare law firm representing institutions and individuals, from publicly-traded companies and prominent hospital systems to local labs, medical practices, start-ups, and individual doctors and medical professionals. AEL has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as a top firm for both Healthcare and White Collar Crime and Government Investigations and each of AEL’s partners have been individually ranked. As recognized by Chambers, the Firm has experienced a “meteoric rise” and is already “one of the top-tier groups for healthcare and white-collar matters[.]” In the past three years, AEL has added four associates and two paralegals and built out an office space on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

With the addition of Heather Suchorsky, AEL adds to its deep bench of experienced federal practitioners. “Heather was among the finest AUSAs in the District of New Jersey, respected for her intelligence, work ethic, trial acumen and fairness,” said AEL partner David M. Eskew. “She brings to the Firm extensive trial experience and deepens our capabilities in the defense of financial crimes, including securities fraud, bank and wire fraud, and mortgage fraud. Perhaps more importantly, Heather adds another dimension to our Firm’s leadership and we are thrilled to welcome her.” Ms. Suchorsky served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey from 2017 to 2022. Most recently, she served in the Office’s Economic Crimes Unit, which handles complex financial crimes. Before that, Ms. Suchorsky served in the Organized Crime and Gangs Unit where she specialized in the investigation and prosecution of violent organized street gangs. Before her time as a federal prosecutor, Ms. Suchorsky clerked for the Honorable Kevin McNulty, U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey and worked at a large international law firm. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, magna cum laude, and the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences, summa cum laude.

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