Lynn Neils

Practice Areas

Lynn Neils focuses on representing companies and individuals in all manners of litigation, including in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions by federal, state and local prosecuting offices, regulatory matters involving the SEC, the CFTC, the FDA, and other federal, state and foreign regulators, and complex civil disputes. Drawing on her extensive prosecutorial, corporate and private practice experience that spans more than 25 years, she also regularly represents and advises corporate clients, including Boards of Directors and their committees, on all manner of compliance matters, including creating and revising corporate compliance programs and conducting internal investigations related to potential or alleged compliance failures. Lynn has significant trial experience in both the federal and state courts.

Lynn is noted for her handling of major investigations for a range of corporate clients and senior executives, often undertaking work involving significant multijurisdictional elements. She draws praise from clients, one of whom commented: “Lynn was amazing to work with. She is approachable, knowledgeable and intellectually curious. I felt that she was always protecting my interests.”(Chambers USA, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, 2019). Lynn is also highly regarded by clients for her ability to "look at the full picture to get an understanding of what is going on" and her "impressive level of depth” (Chambers USA, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, 2015).

Lynn served as an Assistant United States Attorney in both the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and the District of New Jersey. During her more than 11 years as an Assistant United States Attorney, she worked on a wide variety of complex White-Collar cases, including FCPA, securities fraud, accounting fraud, bank fraud, Bank Secrecy Act, tax fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, health care fraud, art fraud, insurance fraud, environmental violations, U.S. sanctions, and obstruction of justice matters. In 2004, Lynn was promoted to Chief of the Complex Fraud /Cyber Crime Unit in the SDNY where she supervised approximately 22 senior Assistant United States Attorneys in handling the investigation and prosecution of a wide variety of complex, and often multinational, white collar cases. In her role as Complex Frauds Chief, Lynn coordinated with multiple prosecutorial and regulatory offices, including many outside the United States. She also acted as a liaison with the banking regulators in New York, including the Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

For several years, Lynn also served as Senior Counsel at Johnson & Johnson where she was responsible for handling a large caseload of criminal and civil matters. In her role, she was responsible for, among other things, overseeing outside counsel representing Johnson & Johnson; conducting internal investigations; advising on compliance and regulatory matters; and conducting training of employees on regulatory and legal matters.

Education: Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.; Tulane University, B.A. (summa cum laude)