Muriel S. Raggi, Esq.

Education

• Fordham University School of Law, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, May 2015
  Honors: FORDHAM LAW REVIEW; Fordham Merit Scholar; Ann Moynihan Award (2015); Pro Bono Scholar (2015); Dean’s List (2013-15); Fordham University School of Law Legal Writing Award (2012-13)
   
• Kaplan University, B.S., magna cum laude, Legal Studies, August 2011
  Honors: Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society; Society for Collegiate Scholars

Bar Admission

• New York; EDNY; SDNY; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States Tax Court

Muriel Raggi is a Managing Partner at our firm.  She has significant litigation experience and routinely represents companies and high-net-worth individuals in “bet the company” commercial disputes, securities enforcement, and government investigation matters.  Muriel has experience handling actions in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations.  She also conducts internal investigations and defends clients in enforcement matters.  Muriel also has experience defending clients in criminal cases in federal and state court, litigating commercial lease disputes.

Muriel maintains a robust pro bono practice and has represented clients in an array of social justice matters.  Muriel represented sexual assault survivors as a civilian victim advocate in the military’s Court Martial process; immigrants displaced and incarcerated at the U.S. border in the asylum-seeking process; low-income parents in child custody proceedings and Child Protective Service investigations; indigent defendants in federal criminal matters relating to RICO, Hobbs Act Robbery, drug trafficking and capital murder charges and in state court related to shoplifting, assault and burglary charges; incarcerated individuals in lawsuits seeking adequate medical care; and a wrongfully convicted man who spent almost three decades in prison for a rape and robbery he did not commit, successfully obtaining a pardon.

Prior to co-founding the firm, Muriel spent nearly a decade working at two “Top 10” AM Law 100 firms in their litigation and securities enforcement practice groups. 

Commercial Litigation – Muriel’s practice includes litigating business and commercial issues, such as those involving fraud, breach of contract, negligence, jobsite personal injury defense, breach of fiduciary duties, and finance matters.

Post-Judgment Defense – Muriel represents debtors in the Article 52 post-judgment enforcement phase of litigations, including by defending against post-judgment discovery, fraudulent conveyance claims, turnover petitions and charging liens.

Real Estate Litigation – Muriel’s practice includes representing borrowers in contested foreclosures.

Regulatory Enforcement – Muriel represents financial service companies, audit and accounting firms, broker-dealers, and public issuer and private companies in government regulatory enforcement and examination matters by the SEC, DOJ, PCAOB, State Attorneys General and CFTC.