February 4, 2012

LaShon Kell, Senior Counsel

  • 202-828-5816
  • lashon.kell@bgllp.com
  • www.bgllp.com

  • LaShon Kell focuses her practice on securities regulation and enforcement, white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. Ms. Kell was an attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from August 2000 through July 2003. As an Enforcement attorney, Ms. Kell conducted investigations concerning accounting fraud, insider trading, energy round-tripping, and "fair disclosure" issues. She also worked on the Section 704 Study regarding SEC financial fraud investigations pursuant to the initiatives set forth by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. She has five additional years of SEC experience in the Office of International Affairs, where she worked prior to and during law school. In International Affairs, she trained foreign securities commissions in emerging markets in securities regulation, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

    In private practice, Ms. Kell has defended clients in all aspects of SEC, DOJ and Congressional investigations. She has prepared and represented clients in SEC testimony, SEC settlement negotiations, Grand Jury testimony, SEC litigation, and related class actions. Ms. Kell has also conducted numerous internal investigations, often representing boards of public companies investigating potential violations of the U.S. securities laws and other potentially illegal conduct.  She has dealt with the complexity of conducting an internal investigation while concurrently dealing with requests from the SEC and company auditors. Ms. Kell has drafted internal investigation reports and reported investigative findings to board members.

    In her pro bono practice, Ms. Kell has volunteered at local women's shelters and represented a women's shelter in administrative proceedings and provided legal advice on local and federal government funding.

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

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