Leah Motzkin focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, international arbitration, and White Collar defense and investigations. She also has experience working on export control, anti-bribery, and anti-corruption matters. Leah is committed to pro bono work and has represented several human rights and civil rights organizations.
During law school, Leah interned at the Department of Justice in the Office of the Associate Attorney General, worked with incarcerated clients, and served as a Digital Editor of the N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change. Prior to pursuing a legal career, Leah was a strategy and operations consultant for companies and federal agencies, worked as a campaign staffer, and taught English in Mexico.
Perspectives
October 4, 2024
The Next Step in DOJ’s Strategy to Enlist Companies to Fight Corporate Crime: Updates to the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Enforcement Edge: Shining Light on Government Enforcement
May 24, 2023
U.S. Strengthens Sanctions and Export Control Regime Against Russia and Belarus
Advisory
Credentials
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law
- B.A., Yale University
Admissions
- California
- District of Columbia
- District of Colorado
Government & Military Service
- Intern, Office of the Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice (January 2022 — May 2022)
Activities
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Mexico (2018 — 2019)