Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder LLP partners Isabelle A. Kirshner and Brian D. Linder have been retained as sentencing counsel for Nikhil Gupta.

Mr. Gupta faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a U.S. citizen who advocates for Sikh separatism. The case has received widespread international media coverage, including from the BBC, The Guardian and the Associated Press, and the Sunday Guardian covered the appointment of Kirshner and Linder. 

As sentencing counsel, Kirshner and Linder will focus on advocating for a fair and just sentence for Mr. Gupta, drawing on decades of experience handling complex, high-stakes federal criminal matters and navigating federal sentencing guidelines.

Kirshner is a veteran criminal defense attorney with more than 40 years of experience representing individuals and entities in high-stakes federal and state matters.

Linder represents individuals and corporations in complex criminal and civil matters, including tax fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. He has more than 40 years of experience handling high-stakes criminal matters at both the trial and appellate levels.