Kaitlyn A. Tongalson
Counsel
ktongalson@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- White Collar Defense & Government Investigations
- Securities Enforcement & Litigation
- Investment Funds Litigation
- Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Class Actions
- Pro Bono
- Private Capital
Biography
- Assists in a range of complex litigation.
Katie Tongalson focuses on a variety of litigation, including dispute resolution related to bankruptcy, investment funds and white collar defense.
During law school, Katie was managing editor of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law.
Representative Work
- Defending various hedge funds in federal securities actions related to allegations of violations of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
- Advising the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Cumulus Media through trial in federal bankruptcy court.
- Defending a prominent hedge fund in an investigation by the SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office into possible insider trading.
- Defending a multi-billion-dollar investment fund in class action litigation relating to control person and insider trading claims associated with alleged accounting fraud by a Korean-based semiconductor company.
- Representing pro bono clients in immigration and criminal justice proceedings.
EducationJ.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2016
B.A., Barnard College, magna cum laude, 2012
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2016
B.A., Barnard College, magna cum laude, 2012
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
