Akin

Partner; Disputes & Investigations

Katie is co-head of Akin’s white collar defense & government investigations practice. She represents banks, private investment funds, corporations and their senior executives in investigations and enforcement proceedings arising under federal securities and commodities laws. She also counsels clients on sensitive internal investigations. She has extensive experience with the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, New York Attorney General’s Office and other regulators.

An experienced trial lawyer, Katie’s practice builds on nearly 12 years of experience as a federal prosecutor where she served in several significant leadership roles. After joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in 2004, she prosecuted a wide range of securities fraud cases, among others, and was promoted to Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force after serving as Deputy Chief for one year, and before that Co-Chief of the General Crimes Unit.

During her tenure as Chief, Katie supervised a team of senior prosecutors in connection with some of the most complex and high-profile white collar and securities matters in the country.

To learn more about Katie, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/katherine-rachel-goldstein

Women in the Legal Profession: White Collar Crime Subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association; Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s Task Force on Insider Trading.

J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude B.A., Duke University, magna cum laude