Ronald G. White is a partner in the New York Office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. He is an experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, SEC enforcement matters, securities litigation and corporate internal investigations.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. White served for ten years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. From 1999 through 2004, Mr. White served as the Deputy Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Business & Securities Fraud Section, supervising a group of federal prosecutors handling major white collar criminal and securities fraud prosecutions. During his tenure as a supervisor of the securities fraud section, the unit brought a number of high-profile corporate fraud prosecutions against major corporations and their officers. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mr. White also personally handled numerous investigations, trials and appeals involving securities fraud and insider trading, bank fraud, money laundering, health care fraud, tax evasion and public corruption. Mr. White was twice awarded the U.S. Department of Justice’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Mr. White received his A.B., cum laude , from Georgetown University in 1985 and his J.D. cum laude in 1988 from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was Associate Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal .