Katherine Addleman

Practice Areas

Kit Addleman has built her nationwide in securities enforcement defense practice by advising public companies, officers and directors, investment advisors, private funds and broker-dealers concerning government and internal investigations. She has successfully defended clients in civil and criminal investigations and litigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, advised clients on compliance with securities regulations and conducted internal investigations of suspected securities violations. Kit’s experience over her 20 years in senior management at the SEC allows her to deftly advise clients at Haynes Boone, where she serves as co-chair of the Litigation Practice Group, chair of the firm's SEC Enforcement Practice Group and is a prominent member of the Government Enforcement and Investment Management Practice Groups. Many of Kit’s biggest successes have involved defending allegations of accounting and financial fraud, insider trading, private funds and investment advisor fraud, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Before joining Haynes and Boone, Kit worked in four SEC offices, leading the enforcement programs in the Fort Worth and Atlanta offices and thereafter leading the examination, enforcement and public company reorganization programs as the Regional Director of the SEC’s Atlanta office.