Alison Moe

Alison Moe is a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience handling high-stakes matters. Her practice focuses on criminal enforcement actions, investigations, complex litigation, and trials.

Prior to joining Sher Tremonte, Alison served for more than seven years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). From 2022 – 2023, Alison served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division at SDNY, where she supervised dozens of Assistant U.S. Attorneys across several units, including Complex Frauds and Cybercrime, Money Laundering, and General Crimes. Alison’s prosecutorial experience includes the investigation of matters involving fraud, bribery, money laundering, embezzlement, and other intricate white-collar offenses.

As a senior member of the Public Corruption Unit, Alison handled some of SDNY’s most sensitive and complex cases, including the first federal prosecution of a fraudulent Political Action Committee, the prosecution of the leaders of the We Build the Wall fundraising campaign, and the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for child exploitation offenses. Alison’s contributions to public service were recognized with the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigative Team.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Alison was a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Bianco of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (now of the Second Circuit), and the Honorable Allyson Kay Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She also previously worked at the New York City Law Department.

Alison has served as a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School and as Visiting Faculty for the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School.

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