Colin C Bridge

Counsel, New York

Colin C Bridge

Counsel, New York

Colin C. Bridge has experience in white collar defense and regulatory enforcement, multinational FCPA investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, bankruptcy litigation, and accountants’ liability.

Colin is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

He has been named one of New York’s Super Lawyers for business litigation each year since 2017, and before that was recognized as a Rising Star.

Colin C. Bridge has experience in white collar defense and regulatory enforcement, multinational FCPA investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, bankruptcy litigation,…

Education

Northwestern University School of Law (J.D. 2002); St. John's College (B.A. 1991)

Bar Admissions

New York State; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Activities and Affiliations

Member, New York City Bar Association (E-Discovery Working Group)

Litigation

Representation of a big four accounting firm, the outside auditor of a company accused of accounting fraud, in connection with an SEC investigation including document review, drafting response to the SEC’s inquiries, and preparation of witnesses for SEC interviews.

Representation of a national pharmacy chain in connection with a securities class action as well as a subsequent SEC enforcement proceeding.  The representation included working with a big four accounting firm’s audit team, document production, SEC interviews, defending depositions, and drafting a Wells submission.

Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 30 of the firm's lawyers are included on the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list and 11 lawyers are included on the 2023 New York Metro Rising Stars list across a range of practice areas.

Super Lawyers named C&G co­founder Mark S. Cohen one of the Top 10 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Partners Jonathan S. Abernethy and Karen H. Bromberg have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the Top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Additionally, Karen has been recognized as one of the Top 50 women lawyers within the same region.

Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are annual lists of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars.

The C&G lawyers recognized on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list are:

The C&G lawyers recognized on the New York Metro Rising Stars list are:

Best Lawyers in America recognized 14 Cohen & Gresser lawyers in its newly-published 2024 guide. The publication—now in its 30th edition—evaluates and selects lawyers based entirely on peer review. The survey process is “designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”

Six C&G attorneys are recognized by their peers as “Best Lawyers” in their practice areas:

Eight attorneys are recognized as “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” in their practice areas:

Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 38 of the firm's New York and Washington D.C.­based attorneys have been named to the 2021 Super Lawyers List across a wide range of practice areas. C&G co­founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg has been recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars. Super Lawyers Jonathan S Abernethy: Criminal Defense: White Collar Kwaku Andoh: Mergers & Acquisitions Elizabeth Bernhardt: Business Litigation Thomas E Bezanson: Personal Injury – Products: Defense Colin C Bridge: Criminal Defense: White Collar Karen H Bromberg: Intellectual Property Jason Brown: Criminal Defense: White Collar Damir Cefo: Intellectual Property Litigation Joanna K Chan: Securities Litigation Mark S Cohen: Business Litigation S Gale Dick: Business Litigation Christian R Everdell: Criminal Defense: White Collar Lawrence T Gresser: Business Litigation Oliver S Haker: Business Litigation Johannes Jonas: Mergers & Acquisitions Nicholas J Kaiser: Real Estate Jeffrey I. Lang: Business Litigation Melissa H Maxman: Antitrust Litigation Ellen Paltiel: General Litigation Nathaniel P T Read: Business Litigation Bonnie J Roe: Securities & Corporate Finance Stephen M Sinaiko: Business Litigation C Evan Stewart: Securities Litigation Daniel H Tabak: Business Litigation Scott D Thomson: Business Litigation Alexandra Wald: Business Litigation Ronald F Wick: Antitrust Litigation Rising Stars Luke Appling: Civil Litigation Sharon L Barbour: Criminal Defense: White Collar Drew S Dean: General Litigation William Kalema: Business Litigation Sri Kuehnlenz: Civil Litigation Winnifred A Lewis: Securities Litigation Marvin J Lowenthal: Criminal Defense: White Collar Barbara K Luse: Criminal Defense: White Collar Matthew V Povolny: Business Litigation Benjamin Zhu: Criminal Defense: White Collar
Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 35 of the firm's New York and Washington D.C.­based attorneys have been named to the 2020 Super Lawyers List across a wide range of practice areas. C&G co-­founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg has been recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.
We are pleased to announce that 33 of our New York and Washington D.C.-based C&G attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also selected C&G co-founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg to its list of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.
We are pleased to announce that thirty of our New York and Washington, D.C.-based C&G attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also selected C&G co-founders Mark S Cohen and Lawrence T Gresser to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partners Karen H Bromberg and Alexandra Wald as two of its top 50 women lawyers in New York. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers in the U.S. receive this honor.

A Cohen & Gresser litigation team led by Mark S Cohen and Jonathan S Abernethy recently won a major victory in a high profile Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case on behalf of client, Vanja Baros, a former investment analyst with hedge fund Och-Ziff (one of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge funds). In July, a federal court in New York dismissed the SEC’s entire complaint against Baros and his co-defendant, and the SEC recently declined to appeal the court’s decision, which is therefore final.

Global Investigations Review (GIR) has nominated Cohen & Gresser for its Most Important Court Case of the Year award for C&G’s major victory in a high profile FCPA case on behalf of a former investment analyst with international hedge fund Och-Ziff. A federal court in New York dismissed the SEC’s entire complaint against our client and his co-defendant, and the SEC declined to appeal. Mark S Cohen and Jonathan S Abernethy led the C&G team, which also included S Gale Dick, Colin C Bridge, and Reggie B Schafer. 

Twenty-eight of our New York and Washington D.C.-based Cohen & Gresser attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also named C&G co-founding partner Mark S Cohen to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partners Karen H Bromberg and Alexandra Wald to its top 50 women lawyers in New York list. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers in the U.S. receive this honor.
Twenty-two of our New York and Washington, D.C.-based attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also named C&G co-founding partners Mark S Cohen and Lawrence T Gresser to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg to both its list of top 50 women lawyers and top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.
We are pleased to announce that twenty-two of our New York-based C&G attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers in New York receive this honor.
In this article published in New York Law Journal, Jeffrey Lang and Colin Bridge provide an in-depth discussion of Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters’ Pension Trust Fund v. Walton, where the Delaware Court of Chancery provided a cautionary lesson for corporate boards and their counsel on the risks of sharply limiting the scope of responses to shareholder demands for information.

The long arm of U.S. law can be seen clearly in recent enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or FCPA, a criminal law prohibiting bribery of non-U.S. government officials. Companies whose operations even remotely touch the U.S. and who therefore could come within the FCPA’s jurisdiction should consider implementing anti-corruption compliance programs to prevent, detect, and remediate violations. Such programs can be a key mitigating factor in U.S. regulators’ decisions whether to bring an enforcement action or in the penalties sought if an action is brought.

The Guide addresses several key issues arising from the FCPA on which multinationals have long sought guidance, including (i) the elements of an effective anti-corruption compliance program; (ii) gifts and entertainment expenses; (iii) facilitating payments; (iv) the FCPA's broad definition of "foreign official"; (v) successor liability when a company merges with or acquires another company that has committed acts of bribery; and (vi) FCPA jurisdiction over foreign companies that do not trade on U.S. exchanges.