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Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Katherine R. Goldstein
Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations
Position
Katie 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
Memberships
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.
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude
B.A., Duke University, magna cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization