Lowenstein Sandler LLP said Monday that Shontae D. Gray, former assistant United States attorney and ex-deputy attorney general for the State of New Jersey, has returned to the firm as partner in its white-collar defense and corporate investigations & integrity practices. She is based in the firm’s Roseland office.
“We are thrilled that Shontae is coming back to the firm and continuing in the strong tradition of Lowenstein litigators who balance public service roles in government with serving clients in private practice,” said Gary M. Wingens, the firm’s chair and managing partner.
Gray returns to Lowenstein after nearly five years in the United States Attorney’s Office, where she handled investigations, grand jury proceedings, pleadings, plea negotiations, and jury trials involving complex fraud, securities and tax law violations, civil rights, organized crime, and money laundering.
“My years in the federal government have further sharpened my advocacy skills and given me a clear perspective on how prosecutors approach, formulate, and resolve their cases, particularly with regard to sophisticated economic crimes,” said Gray.
Gray will collaborate with her former boss Christopher Porrino, under whom she served when he was the attorney general of New Jersey.
“Shontae’s background will be invaluable to corporate clients facing both external and internal investigations into such claims as securities fraud, insider trading, cryptocurrency, wire fraud, tax offenses, and money laundering,” said Matthew Boxer, chair of the firm’s white-collar defense and corporate investigations & integrity practices and former comptroller of the State of New Jersey.
The return of Gray to Lowenstein Sandler adds to the firm’s roster of public servants, prosecutors, and trial lawyers joining their partnership. In 2024, Lowenstein Sandler added Parimal Garg, former chief counsel to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy; Jason S. Gould, former chief, health care fraud unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey; Michael T.G. Long, former director of the Division of Law within the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office; and Alexander Shalom, former assistant deputy public defender in Essex County and former capital cases clerk for the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
