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Cassandra H. Welch
Associate
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Cassandra regularly advises multinational corporations and their executives in government investigations of potential violations of some of the most pressing securities and enforcement issues facing clients, including those related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, revenue recognition, insider trading, and other criminal statutes and securities fraud regulations. She also works with clients in developing corporate compliance programs and conducting internal investigations and due diligence reviews. Cassandra has often joined local counsel at the penalty or appellate phase of litigation to assist clients in presenting arguments for the lowest possible penalties and negotiating agreements with the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and other governmental authorities.
Cassandra recently worked with a team to obtain a judgment of acquittal at the close of the government’s case for a former Associate General Counsel at a major pharmaceutical company who was charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements in connection with an FDA inquiry into the company’s marketing practices. In 2010, Cassandra’s successful representation of a defendant charged in the Jack Abramoff conspiracy led to the dismissal of all felony counts and resolution through a misdemeanor plea with no associated jail time.
- Represented former executive of a publicly traded company in SEC investigation of accounting issues, including revenue recognition, that resulted in no action being taken against client.
- Developed FCPA risk assessment and compliance program for multinational private equity firm.
- Conducted FCPA diligence and investigations relating to business operations, including diligence for several multinational companies in the medical industry with operations across approximately 90 countries.
- Developed FCPA policies, certifications, and training on behalf of a multinational company related to a major acquisition.
- Represented an individual client at sentencing with a U.S. Sentencing Guidelines range of over twenty years and successfully argued for a below-Guidelines sentence of under five years.
- Represented and obtained misdemeanor plea for former Department of Labor employee in DOJ’s investigation of inappropriate gifts and meals received from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Clerkships
- Honorable Jerome A. Holmes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2007 - 2008)
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Education
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JD, Harvard Law School, 2007; Boykin C. Wright Memorial Fund Prize; Ames Moot Court Finalist, Oralist and Best Brief; Managing Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy; Line Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology; Dean's Award for Community Leadership
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AB (Psychology), summa cum laude, with High Honors, Dartmouth College, 2004; Phi Beta Kappa; Rufus Choate Scholar; Andrew Warden Edson Memorial Prize in Government; Dean's Plate Award
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Sections of Litigation and Criminal Justice
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