Ms Hartley West > Dechert LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
45 Fremont Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States
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Ms Hartley West
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Hartley M.K. West is an accomplished litigator and trial lawyer with extensive experience advising on high-stakes government enforcement defense and asset forfeiture matters, often involving a connection between Asia-Pacific and the United States. Ms. West frequently advises corporations and executives facing investigations into alleged violations of antitrust, fraud, corruption, trade secret and money laundering laws.
From 2002 to 2017, Ms. West served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, including as Deputy Chief of its Economic Crimes and Securities Fraud Section. She also clerked for the Honorable John T. Noonan Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. West served as a partner at another international law firm.
Memberships
- Women in Investigations Network, Co-Founder, Co-Chair
- Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Northern California Chapter, Secretary
- Federal Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, Chair (2017- 2019), Vice Chair (2013-2017)
- Federal Bar Association, Northern District of California Chapter, Executive Committee
- American Bar Association, White Collar Section, Member
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Criminal Justice Section, Executive Committee
- California Women Lawyers, Member
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), B.S.
- Harvard Law School, J.D. (honors)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
Dechert LLP continues to prove itself as a go-to firm for clients needing advice on a wide range of white-collar crime matters such as securities fraud, money laundering, and insider trading, among other forms of misconduct. The team is co-led by Jeffrey Brown in New York and Hartley West from San Francisco. Brown is a seasoned lawyer who routinely handles internal and regulatory investigations, while West is skilled at advising corporations and executives accused of corruption and fraud. Located in Washington DC, Catherine Botticelli is noted for her capabilities acting for large companies and asset management firms who are facing investigations by the regulatory authorities. Further standout individuals in the team include Andrew Levander
and Jonathan Streeter, both of whom are based in New York and are recommended for their extensive experience as trial lawyers. David Kelley left the New York team in January 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds