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Brittain is a partner in the firm's White Collar Defense &amp; Investigations group. Her practice focuses on representing clients in all types of government enforcement investigations, including matters involving complex financial fraud, securities fraud, market manipulation, public corruption and cross-border crimes.

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With extensive experience as a prosecutor at the United States Department of Justice's Fraud Section, Brittain has led numerous high-profile investigations into various sophisticated fraud schemes. Her work encompasses matters involving accounting fraud, insider trading, commodities fraud, investment fraud, healthcare fraud, mail and wire fraud, tax fraud and money laundering, among others. Brittain has managed all aspects of large-scale criminal investigations, often in parallel with civil investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the Treasury Department. Her deep experience includes working closely with agents and officials from multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies and conducting cross-border investigations requiring frequent contacts with foreign criminal and civil regulators such as the United Kingdom's Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service, the Ontario Securities Commission and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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During her tenure at DOJ, Brittain served as an Assistant Special Counsel investigating law enforcement, national security, intelligence and cybersecurity activities related to the 2016 presidential election. This investigation included two high-profile trials with significant litigation under the Classified Information Protection Act (CIPA) and substantial contacts with senior DOJ and FBI officials, Congressional committees and intelligence agencies.

Previously, as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, Brittain first-chaired over 60 criminal trials and managed hundreds of grand jury investigations into organized crime, homicides and other serious violent crimes. Additionally, Brittain served as counsel for the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, investigating misconduct allegations against senators and their staff and conducting compliance training for the senate community.

Brittain began her legal career as an associate at a global law firm, where she conducted white collar investigations, including DOJ criminal probes and SEC investigations. She also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Royce C. Lamberth of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Admission is pending in NY. Brittain will be a member of the New York office upon admission.&nbsp;

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