Carrie Cohen

Practice Areas

Investigations + White Collar Defense and State + Local Government Enforcement

Career

Carrie H. Cohen is global co-chair of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense practice group, State + Local Government Enforcement group, and Women’s Strategy Committee. She also leads the firm’s Workplace Misconduct Investigations Task Force. Prior to MoFo, Carrie served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and as Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office.

As a former federal and state prosecutor, Carrie routinely advises and represents corporations, boards, and c-suite executives in government-facing investigative and regulatory matters with a particular focus on state and local government matters. Carrie’s extensive trial experience and distinguished record of success in high-stakes, white collar defense and securities matters cement her position as a leading lawyer in these practice areas and she is often called upon as trial counsel for particularly sensitive matters. Carrie also routinely prepares clients who are called to testify before Congress and state and city legislatures and works on matters that involve multijurisdictional investigations, legislative oversight and significant media attention.

Personal

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School; B.A., Cornell University