He has particular expertise in white-collar criminal cases, securities and regulatory enforcement matters, anti-corruption and internal investigations, and sensitive internal reviews involving culture and conduct issues related to race, sex, gender, and sexuality.
Before joining A&O Shearman, Julian was a Senior Managing Director, and member of the leadership team, at K2 Intelligence, where he focused on large-scale and high-profile corporate investigations involving corruption and various types of fraud.
Previously, Julian served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) where he was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit. During this time, Julian served as lead counsel on behalf of the United States in numerous jury trials and argued before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on multiple occasions. Among his many prominent cases at SDNY, Julian served as a lead prosecutor in the investigation of the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi Scheme and a special appointee to the Mortgage Fraud Task Force.
In addition to his service as a federal prosecutor, Julian served as Deputy Attorney General for New York State and Deputy Chief of Investigations for the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, an executive commission established by the Governor of New York, in coordination with the Attorney General of New York, to probe systemic public corruption and the appearance of such corruption in New York government, political campaigns, and elections.
Upon graduation from law school, Julian served as a law clerk to the Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He graduated with honors from Harvard College and received his law degree with honors from Columbia Law School, where he was the Executive Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Julian currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. Julian is also a lifelong member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, and has been honored numerous times throughout the years by the entity.
Julian represents companies, officers, directors, and executives in a wide range of complex domestic and international disputes, investigations, and enforcement actions by criminal and regulatory authorities, including the DOJ, SEC, and various other federal and state agencies.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
An online consumer e-commerce company on its general operations and expansion efforts in the United States, China, and other jurisdictions.
A US-based Professional Employer Organization (PEO) and employer of record for clients outside the US involved in an arbitration involving over a dozen jurisdictions with a former client regarding breach of contract and damages claims.
A currency trading and market maker company in a contractual dispute involving the unauthorized use of the client’s intellectual property.
Speaking Engagements
- Practicing Law Institute Panel, The Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations, August 4, 2020, New York, New York
- 2018 Retail Law Conference: Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), “New Media Transparency Guides for Advertisers & the Scandal That Led to Them,” October 11, 2018, Austin, Texas
- Change From The Top Diversity Forum, “Overcoming Climates of Silence,” January 30, 2017, New York, New York
- Advertising Week Trust Forum, “The Year of Transparency,” November 28, 2016, New York, New York
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Constitution Society, Founding Member
- Crain’s New York Business, Member “40 Under 40” Class of 2016
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Life Member
Qualifications
Admissions
Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2024
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Academic
J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School, 2001
Columbia Law Review, Executive Managing Editor
A.B., cum laude, Harvard University, 1998