Philadelphia Office
1835 Market Street
- Suite 1400
Philadelphia
PA 19103New York Office
5 Penn Plaza
- 23rd Floor
New York
NY 10001215.569.2198 phone215.568.6603 faxmsheppard@klehr.com
Education
Dickinson School of Law, J.D., with honors
Lehigh University
Boards/Memberships
American Bar Association, White Collar Section
Federal Bar Association, White Collar Section
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Joint State Government Commission's Advisory Committee on the Philadelphia Court System
Member of the White Collar Section and the Lawyers Assistance Committee,
Philadelphia Bar Association
Past President and Executive Committee Member,
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Past President and Executive Committee Member,
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Judge Pro Tempore,
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Vice President and Board of Directors,
Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania
Former Board of Directors,
Trustee M. Patricia and John Rogers Carroll Fund
Former Member,
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing
(2015-2019)
Former Board of Directors,
Mirmont Treatment Center
Awards and Honors
Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” rated
Named "Best of the Bar: Philadelphia's Top Lawyers" by Philadelphia Business Journal (White Collar) (2017)
Named the Best Lawyers® 2020 Criminal Defense: White Collar "Lawyer of the Year" in Philadelphia (2020)
Named to “The Best Lawyers in America®" list for Criminal Defense: White Collar and Commercial Litigation in Pennsylvania by Best Lawyers (2016-2020)
Named to the “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers” (2018-2019)
Named to the “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers” list by Thomson Reuters for White Collar Crimes (2005-2019)
Winner, Corporate Livewire Awards: Fraud & White Collar Crime (2016-2019)
Speeches and Publications
Quoted, “High-profile attorney, firm leader latest to depart Montgomery McCracken,” Philadelphia Business Journal, March 4, 2019
Quoted, “Klehr Harrison Adds White-Collar Litigator Sheppard From Montgomery McCracken” The Legal Intelligencer, March 1, 2019
“Second Circuit Reverses ‘Downstream Tippee’ Convictions in Insider Trading Cases” White Collar Alert, December 12, 2014
Tapping into Wall Street – The Government Employs Tougher Tactics Against Money Crimes; American Bar Association - Criminal Justice Newsletter, January 5, 2012
Wiretaps and Undercover Sting Operations: Are White Collar Defendants Ready? Financial Fraud Law Report, October 1, 2010
Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: “The Thompson Memorandum and its Effect upon the Attorney Client Privilege In Corporate Investigations,” September 12, 2006