Michael G. Considine

Michael G. Considine (Mike) a distinguished alumnus of the Office who most recently was a litigation partner at Seward and Kissel LLP, returned to the Office as First Assistant United States Attorney on July 14, 2025.

Mike served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York from 1988 to 1994 when he was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief of the Long Island Offices in Garden City and Hauppauge, serving under then Long Island Chief Loretta Lynch.  During his tenure, Mike supervised numerous complex and difficult criminal investigations and trials and specialized in organized crime prosecutions as well, serving as lead counsel in various trials and appeals, including those involving the Colombo and Gambino crime families.

Prior to his return, Mike was a litigation partner at the law firm Seward and Kissel LLP where he represented corporations, municipalities, and individuals in regulatory probes and parallel civil litigations and co-managed the firm’s Litigation Department and Government Investigations Practice Group.  He was also appointed as independent monitor by the Securities and Exchange Commission for a leading global alternative investment firm, and by the DOJ and EPA as federal monitor for a midwestern utility pursuant to an administrative agreement.

After leaving the United States Attorney’s Office in 1995, Mike was a litigation partner at Day Pitney LLP, where he chaired the firm’s Government Investigations Practice Group.  He was selected by DOJ’s Enron Task Force as federal monitor to oversee an international bank’s compliance with the terms of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA).  Mike was subsequently appointed as a member of the federal monitoring team to oversee a national health care services provider’s compliance with federal and state health care laws, regulations and programs, also as part of a DPA.

Mike is currently Vice-Chair of the Federal Bar Council and serves on its Executive Committee and Audit Committee. He has written and co-authored numerous articles on government investigations, corporate compliance, and representation of individuals and companies in parallel criminal and civil proceedings. 

Mike is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Boston College.  He served as law clerk to the Honorable Shirley W. Kram, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York prior to his appointment as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.