Keri Curtis Axel and Brian Klein Named to Best Lawyers In America 2026 for Criminal Defense: White Collar 

Former federal prosecutors Keri Curtis Axel and Brian Klein have been named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2026 for Criminal Defense: White Collar. As co-lead counsel for Roman Storm, they recently secured a mistrial in the Tornado Cash SDNY criminal trial.

A first-chair trial and appellate lawyer, Axel practices white-collar criminal and government enforcement defense, as well as complex civil litigation. Klein

has been recognized as one of the nation’s top five financial technology attorneys and was recently was named “AmLaw Litigator of the Week Runner Up” for securing the dismissal of criminal charges for Avi Eisenberg. Both Axel and Klein are regularly quoted by leading news outlets about high-profile trials.