Seth DuCharme draws on his experiences serving as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States and the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York to advise companies and individuals on cases involving cross border regulation, cyber security and breach response, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) diligence and litigation, export controls, sanctions compliance and anti-money laundering. In 2021, Seth was appointed to the Criminal Justice Act panel to represent defendants in federal court.
Seth served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York from 2008 through 2021. He held various positions at the Eastern District, including Chief of the Criminal Division, Chief of the National Security & Cybercrime Section and Acting United States Attorney. In his various leadership roles, Seth supervised some the Department’s most important cases, including the trial of “El Chapo” Guzman; the indictment of tech giant Huawei; the RICO prosecution of Keith Raniere in connection with the NXIVM cult; the investigation of a global financial institution for its involvement in the 1MDB Malaysian bond deal, resulting in the largest criminal penalty ever obtained in an FCPA case; the arrest and indictment of eight individuals charged with conspiring to act as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China; and the conclusion of a deferred prosecution agreement over a major financial institution in connection with its potential exposure for international money laundering.
From March 2019 through July 2020, Seth served on detail to Main Justice, where he served first as the Senior Counselor to the Attorney General for criminal, national security and cyber matters before attaining the position of Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. In that capacity, he worked directly with the Deputy Attorney General to oversee all of the Department's litigating and law enforcement components. Seth resolved appeals by private counsel; supervised complex, high-profile matters within the Criminal, Civil, Antitrust and National Security Divisions; and advised the Deputy Attorney General and Attorney General on criminal and civil litigation matters, as well as national policy.
Seth is a frequent commentator and guest lecturer in classes at Fordham, New York University, Brooklyn and Columbia law schools. Prior to attending law school, he began his career in law enforcement as a Deputy United States Marshal in the Eastern District. After graduating from Fordham University School of law in 2003, Seth clerked for the Honorable Richard Owen of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and then spent more than three years as an associate at a prominent international law firm in New York City.