U.S. v. COPLAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Tarlowe , Assistant United States Attorney, ( Mark Lanpher , Andrea L. Surratt , and Katherine Polk Failla , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee United States of America.

Dennis P. Riordan , ( Donald M. Horgan and Gary Dubcoff , on the brief), Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA; Ted Sampsell Jones , William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN, for Defendant-Appellant Robert Coplan.

Nathan Lewin , ( Alyza D. Lewin , on the brief), Lewin & Lewin, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant Martin Nissenbaum.

Alexandra A.E. Shapiro , ( Marc E. Isserles and James Darrow , on the brief), Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP, New York, NY; Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY, of counsel; for Defendant-Appellant Richard Shapiro.

Paul B. Bergman , Law Offices of Paul B. Bergman, PC, New York, NY; Robert G. Anderson , Donna Brown Jacobs , Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellant Brian Vaughn.

Marc N. Garber , The Garber Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant Charles Bolton.

Joshua L. Dratel , Joshua L. Dratel, P.C., New York, NY, for amicus curiae New York Council of Defense Lawyers; Laura Grossfield Birger and Rachel B. Kane, Cooley LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; in support of Defendants-Appellants.

Judge KEARSE dissents in part in a separate opinion.