When Richard Morvillo‘s brother Robert Morvillo of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer died on Christmas Eve, Richard and three of Robert’s sons who worked with their father — Scott Morvillo, Gregory Morvillo and Robert C. Morvillo — felt the call of family. Richard decided to leave Schulte Roth & Zabel in Washington to band together with his nephews and form a boutique specializing in securities enforcement and white-collar defense, called, appropriately enough, Morvillo LLP.
It’s been almost 2 1/2 months since the firm opened with offices in D.C. and New York, and it’s already handling several big clients, including Anthony Chiasson, a co-founder of Level Global who is going to trial in October on insider-trading charges.
