backWASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2026 – King & Spalding announced today that alumnus Corey Amundson has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations practice group. He is based in Washington, D.C.
Amundson is a first-chair trial lawyer with over two decades of public service as a career official at DOJ under multiple administrations, both in the field trying cases and leading the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Louisiana, and in Washington, D.C. as chief of multiple DOJ offices. He has tried over 20 federal jury trials, primarily involving complex corporate fraud and bribery and corruption, along with supervising more than 100 trials in over 20 federal districts throughout the U.S. in industry sectors spanning energy, life sciences/healthcare, technology and trade secrets, and financial services.
In Washington, D.C. at Main Justice, Amundson served with distinction for six years in two roles, first as the Director and Chief Counsel of DOJ’s internal affairs department in the Office of Professional Responsibility, and then as Chief of DOJ’s Public Integrity Section across multiple administrations. He previously served in leadership roles at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Louisiana for more than fifteen years, including overseeing all civil and criminal litigation for four years as Acting United States Attorney and First Assistant United States Attorney, and leading all criminal matters as Criminal Chief, including as DOJ’s Fifth Circuit representative advising on national criminal policies.
In these roles he led multiple crisis response efforts and implemented or developed a variety of proactive enforcement initiatives consistent with DOJ priorities, including one of the first healthcare fraud strike forces in the country, the Criminal Division Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, a financial fraud task force focused on data-mining, a lauded multi-agency initiative with the state AG to combat the online sexual exploitation of children, and a violent criminal enterprises strike force targeting gangs and other violent groups.
He also led, as Executive Director, the National Center for Disaster Fraud, a multi-agency entity responsible for coordinating nationwide disaster fraud enforcement, recovery and policies, many of which still are deployed today to address disaster-related fraud. He has been a DOJ instructor for 20 years, teaching federal prosecutors and agents how to conduct investigations and try cases at the National Advocacy Center, the FBI Academy, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He also was an Adjunct Law Professor at LSU, where he taught corporate and white-collar crime.
At King & Spalding, Amundson will represent companies and individuals in criminal, civil, and regulatory investigations and litigation involving the energy, life sciences, technology, construction, and financial services sectors, at both the federal and state levels. He will also conduct internal investigations, navigate crisis matters, and offer proactive compliance assessments.
“Corey is an immense talent, deeply respected for his exceptional strategic judgment and ability to navigate high-stakes matters with a steady hand, pragmatism, and teamwork,” said Mark Jensen, co-leader of the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations practice group. “Corey has a uniquely versatile and decorated skillset, over twenty years in the making, that will be an asset to our clients, with deep experience in corporate fraud investigations across key industry areas, C-suite credibility, and the ability to first chair a range of trials.”
Before joining DOJ in 2002, Amundson began his private sector career at King & Spalding in the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations practice group. He clerked for Chief Judge Sarah Evans Barker in the S.D. Indiana in Indianapolis after earning his J.D. from Emory University School of Law and his B.A. from Indiana University.
“I look forward to returning to private practice at the firm where I got my start and that I have followed with admiration during its extraordinary growth; I am thrilled to support its world-class white-collar investigations, litigation, and crisis management practice,” said Amundson. “I’ve spearheaded the very kinds of programs and enforcement actions that clients now face in this constantly evolving criminal and civil enforcement environment, and I am eager to put my experience to work to guide clients through their most pressing business challenges.”
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