Margaret Graham, a former federal prosecutor, represents clients in high stakes investigations and enforcement actions, including matters involving complex financial crime and crisis management.
Margaret leverages extensive government, investigative, and trial experience, as well as her strong relationships with a broad network of government officials and lawyers, to counsel clients on their most sensitive matters involving:
She applies her wide-ranging industry experience, particularly in the Artificial Intelligence space and financial services sector, to provide strategic advice to her clients.
Before joining Latham, Margaret served for almost 11 years in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and held several prominent roles, including Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Acting Chief of the General Crimes Unit. During her tenure, including five years as a member of SDNY’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, Margaret investigated, tried, and supervised some of SDNY’s most sensitive and complicated white collar matters, including two of SDNY’s most significant recent corporate resolutions. Margaret led nine jury trials to verdict and argued and briefed more than 15 cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
As the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, Margaret supervised the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, Illicit Finance and Money Laundering Unit, and the Narcotics Unit. In this role, she oversaw cases involving a broad spectrum of financial fraud, including cryptocurrency fraud, securities fraud, accounting and valuation fraud, market manipulation, insider trading, sanctions violations, BSA/AML violations, civil and criminal forfeiture, and other matters. Margaret also served as Co-Chair of SDNY’s Artificial Intelligence Working Group, coordinating efforts on AI matters and liaising with other government agencies on AI issues.
Margaret served for five years as an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law, where she taught criminal law.
After law school, she clerked for Judge Kenneth M. Karas of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Gerard E. Lynch of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Margaret’s notable experience includes:
*Matters handled prior to joining Latham