Lorraine S Gauli-Rufo

Lorraine Gauli-Rufo has nearly 30 years’ experience in both federal and state criminal defense, including pre-indictment investigations through appeals. Ms. Gauli-Rufo now specializes in federal criminal defense. She represents people charged, accused or under investigation of white collar criminal defense, including bank fraud, securities fraud, computer crimes, healthcare fraud, as well handling federal drug charges and firearms offenses. Ms. Gauli-Rufo entered the private sector after spending more than 18 years as an Assistant Federal Public Defender at the Federal Public Defenders, District of New Jersey, where she had extensive federal trial experience, including regularly engaging in all aspects of federal criminal litigation, from motion practice through appeals. She has handled well over a thousand cases and is considered an experienced and respected trial attorney and a hard-fighting negotiator. She continues to appear regularly before the federal bench in New Jersey and New York. Her cases range from white collar fraud offenses to firearm and drug offenses, and her clients include people from all walks of life, including doctors, lawyers, police officers and politicians. Her goal is to work closely with her clients, giving them the personal attention, they need to achieve the best result for them in each particular case.

Prior to joining the FPDs, Ms. Gauli-Rufo was an associate at the Newark office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, where she worked with the Honorable Frederick B. Lacey, former Federal District Court Judge, and other partners on many high profile civil litigation matters, including defending several automobile companies. Ms. Gauli-Rufo graduated Summa Cum Laude from Seton Hall University Law School, is a member of the NJ and NY bar, and regularly appears in federal courts in NY and NJ. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, a Trustee of the Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys of New Jersey, and also speaks on federal criminal matters in both New York and New Jersey.