Anjali Chaturvedi :: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) :: Washington :: Nixon Peabody LLP

Anjali Chaturvedi
Partner

achaturvedi@nixonpeabody.com
202-585-8270
Fax: 866-908-4479

Experience

Anjali Chaturvedi practices primarily in the area of government investigations and defends organizations and individuals in complex civil and criminal matters. She has significant experience in matters involving fraud, securities, public corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, export controls, national security, False Claims Act, and immigration issues. 

Anjali served for 12 years as a federal prosecutor on both the East and West Coast. She was Chief of the Organized Crime Strike Force for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. In the District of Columbia, she served as Deputy Chief of the Felony Trial Section. During her tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney, Anjali argued appeals in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and tried over two dozen jury trials, including the successful prosecution of six violent gang members in a 9-month-long racketeering conspiracy trial involving proof of over a dozen homicides.
 
While at the Department of Justice, she received the Executive Office for United States Attorneys Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney, the Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, and the Metropolitan Police Department Meritorious Service Medal.
 
Anjali also has experience in Congressional matters having previously served as counsel to Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
 
Anjali was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of California Hastings College of the Law. She has served as a faculty member on the ABA’s Litigation Institute for Trial Training (LITT) program.
 
Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Gregory E. Mize of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
 
Anjali is the team leader of the firm’s multidisciplinary South Asia practice group and co-chair of the Asian Affinity Group.
 
Representative Cases
  • Obtained defense verdicts in 2008 trial against the Securities and Exchange Commission in accounting fraud case on behalf of CEO of a public company. 
  • Obtained reinstatement of security clearance for a client following federal appeal against Department of Defense.
  • Successful resolution of foreign investigation of a Biopharmaceutical Company, CEO and former employee in connection with clinical testing.
  • Successful resolution of investigation of a senior official at Commerce Department for possible violations of US export control laws.
  • Favorable resolution of prosecution of a client who was indicted for export controls violations involving restricted defense-related goods to India.
  • Successful defense of national construction company employee in connection with Department of Justice criminal investigation regarding immigration violations.
  • Successful representation of Congressional Chief of Staff in Department of Justice ethics investigation.
  • Conducted internal investigation regarding violation of federal acquisition regulations and advised client on disclosure obligations.
  • Represented owner of company in connection with Department of Justice Environmental Crimes criminal investigation.

Presentations

  • "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in India," Strafford Publications Webinar, July 2010. (Speaker)
  • “FCPA Basics and Application to Financial Institutions,” Deloitte Anti-Money Laundering Strategic Leadership Group, September 24, 2009. (Presenter with Edward O’Callaghan)
  • “It’s 12 o’clock. Do You Know Where Your Federal Investigators Are?” The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, July 2009. (Panelist)
  • “Responding to Government Inquiries,” Association of Corporate Counsel-Greater New York Chapter , April 2009. (Panelist)
  • “International Incidents: Why You Need to Worry About the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” Nixon Peabody MCLE Symposium, January 2009. (Speaker)
  • “Corporate Investigations and Parallel Proceedings,” Network of Trial Law Firms, Inc. Litigation Management Supercourse, August 2008. (Panelist)
  • “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and India,” National South Asian Bar Association Annual Conference, June 2008. (Panelist)

Admissions

Anjali is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
Cornell University, B.S.
London School of Economics

Affiliations

  • President’s Council of Cornell Women;
  • The Barristers;
  • South Asian Bar Association;
  • The Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court;
  • American Bar Association, Section of Litigation;
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Assistant United States Attorneys in Washington, DC;
  • Board member on the Council for Court Excellence;
  • Member of the Nominations Committee for the District of Columbia Bar;
  • Member of the Screening Committee for the District of Columbia Bar; and
  • The Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

 Pro Bono

  • 2007-2008 Co-chair of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Kosovo Task Force; and
  • Serves as a Guardian Ad Litem in the District of Columbia Superior Court.
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