Noreen Kelly > McGuireWoods LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

McGuireWoods LLP
1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 20TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1104
NEW YORK
United States

Career

Noreen serves as the chair of McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Department, which Law360 selected for its prestigious “Practice Group of the Year” award for its notable work in 2019, and is a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Noreen focuses her practice on regulatory enforcement matters and commercial litigation in the securities and financial services spaces.

Noreen has represented a wide variety of clients – financial institutions, broker dealers, investment advisors, and other public and private entities and executives – facing regulatory and criminal investigations and supervisory examinations by the DOJ, the SEC, FINRA, various securities exchanges, as well as state attorneys general. She has conducted internal investigations on behalf of major financial institutions, audit committees and other entities involving, among other matters, alleged violations of securities and banking-related rules and regulations, accounting fraud, broker dealer compliance violations, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and general fraud and embezzlement. Noreen also counsels broker dealers on compliance matters, particularly in the areas of books & records compliance and transaction and non-financial regulatory reporting (e.g., Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), Large Option Position Reporting (LOPR), ACT and TRF reporting, and Electronic Bluesheets (EBS)).

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes

McGuireWoods LLP has a strong track record at trial and on appellate matters, handling the full spectrum of business-critical disputes for a roster of financial institutions and major corporates. In Charlotte, Mark Kinghorn chairs the antitrust, trade and commercial litigation department. Jonathan Blank heads up the business and securities litigation team from Charlottesville, while Charlotte’s Robert Muckenfuss spearheads the firm’s complex commercial litigation offering. From the Atlanta office, Cheryl Haas leads the financial services litigation practice, while in New York, Noreen Kelly is the government investigations and white collar lead. Norfolk’s Benjamin Hatch rounds out the leadership group as chair of the environmental & mass tort litigation practice. Houston lawyer Jeremiah Anderson comes highly recommended by clients for handling ‘complex matters involving unusual fact patterns and sensitive indemnification easily and professionally’.

United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense

In addition to having a strong track record advising financial institutions facing investigations by regulatory authorities, McGuireWoods LLP frequently advises corporations across a range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and energy.  The team also regularly represents politicians and senior executives who are accused of insider trading, money laundering, and bribery. The firm houses a capable team of lawyers in Washington DC, which includes John Moran, Ben O’Neil, and Louis Greenstein. O’Neil focuses on cross-border FCPA matters, while Moran is especially adept at handling cases relating to false claims. Greenstein has deep experience representing clients before the SEC and DOJ. The government investigations and white-collar litigation team is headed by Noreen Kelly in New York.