Benchmark Litigation Names Ken Abell and David Eskew “Litigation Stars”

November 26, 2025 - David M. Eskew

AEL is proud to announce that Benchmark Litigation® named partners Ken Abell and David Eskew as Litigation Stars 2025 in the areas of White Collar Criminal Defense and Commercial Litigation, two of AEL’s core practice areas.

Both Ken and David frequently litigate in federal and state cases, on both the criminal and civil sides, with a string of successful outcomes and victories. Ken’s recent engagements include representing the main defendant in a federal criminal trial charging violations of the Foreign Aliens Registration Act, wire fraud and money laundering in the Eastern District of New York. David is representing a physician who operated a chain of COVID-19 testing clinics in an upcoming federal criminal trial in the Southern District of New York. And Ken and David have teamed up to defend a large hospital system in an ongoing qui tam case alleging violations of the Antikickback Statute and federal False Claims Act in the District of New Jersey.

AEL is a boutique law firm that focuses on federal civil litigation, False Claims Act litigation, white collar criminal defense, healthcare regulatory and compliance matters, highly-sensitive internal investigations, and healthcare transactions. AEL now boasts a team of six former federal prosecutors hailing from the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey, two former state prosecutors, and a team of thirteen attorneys.