O’Melveny Worldwide
  • Represent a global commodities trading company in a wide-ranging FCPA investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and Main Justice involving alleged conduct in South America.
  • Represent a Fortune 50 company in a DOJ investigation under the False Claims Act.
  • Represented an entertainment company in an internal investigation of senior officers concerning possible violations of internal finance and approval policies.
  • Represented a global consulting firm in an internal investigation and litigation relating to allegations under the Adult Survivors Act.
  • Secured an acquittal for a Louisiana man who served more than eight years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder by a non-unanimous jury.

Government Experience

  • Supervised dozens of jury trials and more than 1,000 cases involving securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, access device fraud, cybercrime, immigration offenses, child exploitation, human trafficking, robbery, narcotics trafficking, and firearms offenses.
  • Investigated and prosecuted complex financial crimes, including accounting fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, investment adviser fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, insurance fraud, and money laundering. Managed relationships with FBI and SEC, among other agencies.
  • Conducted 12 criminal trials, including numerous multi-defendant white-collar cases. Briefed and/or argued more than a dozen appeals in the Second Circuit.
  • Investigated, prosecuted, and supervised numerous sex-crimes cases, including leading the investigation and prosecution of a 19-defendant international sex-trafficking ring and supervising multiple cases of sex abuse by middle school and high school teachers.

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

Court Admissions

  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York
  • Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

  • Harvard Law School J.D., 2005: cum laude
  • Columbia College, B.A., Comparative Religion, 2001: magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized by Chambers USA for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (2026)
  • Recognized as “Up and Coming” by Chambers USA for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (2025)
  • Recommended by The Legal 500 US for Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (2024)

Professional Activities

Publications

  • "Turning the Tables on DOJ: Individual Defendants Wield Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Against the Government," New York Law Journal (Mar. 6, 2023)

Clerkship

  • Honorable Charles P. Sifton, Eastern District of New York

Corporate & Government Experience

  • Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce, and Executive Director of SelectUSA, US Department of Commerce (2011-2013)
  • Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California (1999-2004)