Abby Kohlman’s practice focuses on advising clients in all aspects of congressional investigations and other government inquiries, including the defense of interviews with regulators and congressional committee staff and the preparation of witnesses in advance of congressional hearings and other proceedings, and the coordination of related public messaging.

Abby draws on her experience in the government and private practice to guide corporations, institutions and individuals facing complex and politically-sensitive government investigations and related criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings. As a former Chief of Staff and Special Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legislative Affairs, Abby has extensive experience preparing witnesses for congressional appearances. In her role at the DOJ, Abby prepared senior Department leadership for hearings in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee and Appropriations subcommittees.

She also actively advised clients in connection with parallel internal investigations, compliance matters, and in inquiries led by the Department of Justice and Congress. Most recently, Abby served as a federal prosecutor in the Fraud Section, where she investigated matters involving FCPA, money laundering, securities fraud, wire fraud, sanctions violations and other corruption-related offenses.  

Abby has deep experience in private practice of representing individuals, public and private companies in sensitive internal investigations and high-stakes white collar defense matters involving criminal and regulatory issues. She has experience counseling clients in white collar defense investigations and enforcement matters brought by the DOJ, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, including defending allegations of wire fraud, spoofing, improper accounting and disclosure violations, insider trading and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.