Silk Road Prosecutor Jumps to Freshfields Cyber, Crypto Group

April 25, 2022, 10:30 AM UTC

Timothy Howard, the Manhattan prosecutor who helped bring down dark web marketplace Silk Road, is joining the Freshfields law firm to focus on cybersecurity and cryptocurrency.

Howard will be a partner in the U.K.-founded firm’s growing New York office, Freshfields said Monday. The firm has made an aggressive play for U.S. business in the past two years, poaching major dealmakers and building a roster of white collar defense lawyers.

Howard and fellow Assistant U.S. Attorney Serrin Turner led the 2015 prosecution of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht over claims he operated a “black market bazaar” for drugs, weapons and illegal ...

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