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Kimberly is a senior associate in the Special Matters and Investigations practice in the New York office of King & Spalding.  Kimberly focuses on white-collar criminal defense litigation, internal and government investigations, corporate compliance, and regulatory matters. Kimberly works with clients facing government investigations conducted by various divisions of the Department of Justice, the New York Attorney General’s Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal, state, and international agencies. Kimberly also handles white-collar criminal litigation, internal investigations, and the development of compliance programs. Her work has included confidential internal investigations into allegations of accounting fraud, insider trading, foreign corrupt practices, financial crimes, and related civil matters.

Kimberly’s pro bono practice focuses on representing low-income women and victims of domestic violence in family law and immigration matters, in partnership with Her Justice.

Kimberly received her J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2012, where she served as the Executive Note Editor for the Law and Religion Program. While at Boston College, Kimberly was selected as a Law Fellow in the Rappaport Fellows Program in Law and Public Policy, and she served as a law clerk in the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. Kimberly earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

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Credentials

J.D., Boston College Law School

B.A., Dartmouth College

Massachusetts

New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Matters

Defense of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Mathew Martoma, against criminal and SEC allegations of insider trading. Prosecutors alleged that Martoma participated in the largest-ever insider trading case, committing securities fraud by trading on shares of two pharmaceutical companies using non-public information, resulting in over $276 million in gains.

Defense of Countrywide Financial Corporation and Countrywide Home Loans in connection with a FIRREA and False Claims Act case filed against Bank of America and Countrywide in connection with the sale of mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Defense of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of CreXus Investment Corp., a REIT, in multiple shareholder class actions and derivative suits brought in New York and Maryland challenging the $1 billion acquisition of CreXus by Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  Successfully won dismissal of all pending lawsuits in both courts.

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Defense of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Mathew Martoma, against criminal and SEC allegations of insider trading. Prosecutors alleged that Martoma participated in the largest-ever insider trading case, committing securities fraud by trading on shares of two pharmaceutical companies using non-public information, resulting in over $276 million in gains.

Defense of Countrywide Financial Corporation and Countrywide Home Loans in connection with a FIRREA and False Claims Act case filed against Bank of America and Countrywide in connection with the sale of mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Defense of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of CreXus Investment Corp., a REIT, in multiple shareholder class actions and derivative suits brought in New York and Maryland challenging the $1 billion acquisition of CreXus by Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  Successfully won dismissal of all pending lawsuits in both courts.

Representation of individual employees in a healthcare fraud investigation involving the False Claims Act.

Matters

Defense of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Mathew Martoma, against criminal and SEC allegations of insider trading. Prosecutors alleged that Martoma participated in the largest-ever insider trading case, committing securities fraud by trading on shares of two pharmaceutical companies using non-public information, resulting in over $276 million in gains.

Defense of Countrywide Financial Corporation and Countrywide Home Loans in connection with a FIRREA and False Claims Act case filed against Bank of America and Countrywide in connection with the sale of mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Defense of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of CreXus Investment Corp., a REIT, in multiple shareholder class actions and derivative suits brought in New York and Maryland challenging the $1 billion acquisition of CreXus by Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  Successfully won dismissal of all pending lawsuits in both courts.

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Matters

Defense of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Mathew Martoma, against criminal and SEC allegations of insider trading. Prosecutors alleged that Martoma participated in the largest-ever insider trading case, committing securities fraud by trading on shares of two pharmaceutical companies using non-public information, resulting in over $276 million in gains.

Defense of Countrywide Financial Corporation and Countrywide Home Loans in connection with a FIRREA and False Claims Act case filed against Bank of America and Countrywide in connection with the sale of mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Defense of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of CreXus Investment Corp., a REIT, in multiple shareholder class actions and derivative suits brought in New York and Maryland challenging the $1 billion acquisition of CreXus by Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  Successfully won dismissal of all pending lawsuits in both courts.

Representation of individual employees in a healthcare fraud investigation involving the False Claims Act.

Credentials

J.D., Boston College Law School

B.A., Dartmouth College

Massachusetts

New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York