Akin Announces Katherine Goldstein Joins Charles Connolly as Co-Head of White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice

(New York and Washington, D.C.) – Akin is pleased to announce that Katherine Goldstein has been named co-head of the firm’s top-ranked white collar defense & government investigations practice. Katherine joins Charles Connolly, who continues as co-head of the practice.

“Chuck and Katie, distinguished former federal prosecutors, are proven leaders in guiding our clients through one of the most aggressive periods of government enforcement,” said Akin chairperson Kim Koopersmith. “The appointment is an excellent next step for our white collar defense & government investigations practice.”

Goldstein represents financial institutions, asset managers and their senior executives in government and internal investigations, criminal and regulatory enforcement proceedings, and related private litigation. She also represents boards of directors and special committees of public companies in securities-related investigations by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Goldstein’s practice builds on her nearly dozen years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), including serving as Chief of SDNY’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. She is also an adjunct professor at NYU Law School.

Connolly represents clients in a wide range of matters related to federal and state criminal and regulatory enforcement, including FCPA, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-money laundering statutes, federal procurement, public corruption, sanctions regimes and False Claims Act. Before moving into private practice, he served for more than a decade as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, where he was Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit.

Akin’s white collar defense & government investigations practice has been recognized by Chambers & Partners with the firm ranked in Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite in New York with partners Mike Asaro, James Benjamin Jr., Katherine Goldstein and Parvin Moyne individually ranked. The firm is also ranked for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations in Washington, D.C., with Paul Butler and Charles Connolly individually ranked. Akin recently added former SEC senior counsel Lance Jasper, bringing further strength in Los Angeles along with Peter Altman, who also previously served in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

About Akin’s White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice

Akin helps clients navigate all manner of white collar, regulatory and Congressional investigations and has been at the forefront of white collar defense for more than 30 years. The team includes a distinguished roster of former prosecutors who served at the highest levels of the Department of Justice and at leading United States Attorneys’ Offices, including those of the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York and Eastern District of Virginia. The team also includes lawyers who served in the SEC’s Enforcement Division, as well as the first director of the Division of Enforcement at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Akin is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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