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Mary Mulligan
Work Department
Partner, White Collar
Position
Mary Mulligan has handled matters involving virtually all aspects of white collar crime and investigations, many of which have been high-profile and/or cross-border. She represents companies, individuals, and charitable organizations in connection with allegations of money laundering, insider trading, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, criminal antitrust violations, securities fraud, tax fraud, off-label marketing, False Claims Act violations, mail and wire fraud, Federal Election Campaign Act violations, public corruption, healthcare fraud, and other matters. She has also served as an integrity counsel to a hedge fund and as a monitor in the construction industry, and handles a variety of matters involving institutions of higher education, including advising on governance, intellectual property, Title IX issues, allegations of sexual assault and abuse, conducting internal investigations, and responding to local, state, and federal inquiries.
Career
Ms. Mulligan previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, directing investigations and prosecutions of fraud, public corruption, and financial crime. She also has experience in academia as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught white collar crime seminars, including co-teaching with The Honorable Cheryl Ann Krause of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
More recently, she led a Friedman Kaplan team that helped secure the complete acquittal for a UK national after a lengthy trial spanning almost three years in an international white collar case involving charges of fraud, bribery, and money laundering.
Memberships
Ms. Mulligan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Action Center, a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight discrimination, build health equity, and restore opportunity for people with criminal records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS. She is also a founding donor of the “When There Are Nine” Scholarship Project, a scholarship and mentoring project, established by alumnae of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and in partnership with the Federal Bar Foundation, that provides financial assistance and mentoring to women law students.
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude (1989)
Vanderbilt University, B.A., magna cum laude (1983)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
For both corporations and individuals, Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP continues to manage a varied amount of white-collar work and investigations. The team has experience conducting cases ranging from inquiries through trials and appeals in criminal and regulatory enforcement actions. Eric Corngold, who is knowledgeable about financial crime and has specific expertise in antitrust issues, leads the group together with Mary Mulligan, whose practice often encompasses cross-border matters. Mala Ahuja Harker is active at the intersection of white-collar matters and commercial litigation. Ricardo Solano left the firm for an in-house position in February 2022.