Emil Bove is a partner at Blanche Law with extensive trial and appellate experience.  A former federal prosecutor, Emil represents clients in white-collar criminal and regulatory defense matters, internal investigations, and complex commercial disputes involving civil litigation and arbitration. Emil also counsels companies and individuals on sanctions compliance issues under federal and state laws, and he represents whistleblowers before the SEC and CFTC.    

Emil served for over nine years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. As an AUSA, Emil tried 13 federal cases and briefed and/or argued 18 appeals. He handled some of the country’s most significant national security matters during his tenure, and he was Co-Chief of the Office’s national security unit during his last two years as a prosecutor. Emil’s investigations involved economic sanctions, export controls, money laundering, foreign corruption and bribery, cybersecurity and data intrusions, espionage, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act and 18 U.S.C. § 951.   

Emil earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Law Journal’s Annual Review of Criminal Procedure. He earned his B.A., in Public Policy & Economics, summa cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany. Emil also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan in the Southern District of New York, and the Honorable Richard C. Wesley in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to joining Blanche Law, Emil was a partner at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.