Washington, D.C., USA - July 19, 2010, Washington, D.C., USA - Federal prosecutor Kelly T. Currie has joined Crowell & Moring’s White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement practice as a partner in the firm’s New York office.
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Most recently the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), Mr. Currie joins Crowell & Moring’s internationally-recognized White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group, which represents corporations, boards of directors, executives, and other individuals in a broad range of government investigations, white collar criminal defense matters, enforcement actions and internal investigations, as well as in complex civil litigation.
In his 11-plus years at the Eastern District, Mr. Currie’s experience has ranged from supervising approximately 100 assistant U.S. attorneys in criminal investigations and prosecutions, including securities fraud, wire and mail fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, and myriad matters arising from the recent financial crisis. As Chief of the EDNY’s terrorism section, he also led teams of prosecutors in bringing prominent terrorism and national security prosecutions and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) prosecutions.
Mr. Currie personally conducted numerous complex, global investigations and prosecutions, including those involving FCPA violations, money laundering, securities fraud, public corruption, wire and mail fraud, tax fraud, export control violations, and financing of terrorist organizations. He has tried over 15 federal jury trials to verdict and argued over a dozen cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Currie also offers clients a unique understanding of the governmental and political world. From 1996 to 1998, he served as a senior advisor to former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell, who chaired the Northern Ireland political negotiations. The negotiations resulted in the historic Good Friday Agreement. In 2001, he again served as a senior advisor to Senator Mitchell in his role as chairman of the International Israeli-Palestinian Fact-Finding Commission. ■