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Kelly A. Moore

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A former federal prosecutor with experience trying more than 20 cases before juries, Kelly A. Moore concentrates her practice on white collar criminal defense, government investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and white collar litigation. Kelly represents clients in a wide variety of white collar matters involving securities fraud, healthcare fraud, antitrust, the False Claims Act (FCA), and the anti-bribery and books and records provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

A Chambers-ranked New York white collar criminal defense lawyer, Kelly represents financial institutions, public companies, and individual clients before the US Department of Justice (DOJ), US Attorney Offices, state attorney general offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and FINRA, among other state and federal agencies.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Kelly served for 11 years as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York. As the chief of the Violent Crimes and Terrorism Section, she led the team of prosecutors who investigated and prosecuted the district’s terrorism and terrorist financing cases in the wake of September 11, as well as Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) prosecutions of nontraditional organized crime groups. She received the Attorney General’s John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation in 2005 and the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by an Assistant US Attorney in 1997 and again in 2003.

Kelly frequently lectures on federal prosecutions, internal investigations, the FCPA, and corporate compliance programs.

  • Served as lead national counsel for a major chain drug store in the opioid multidistrict litigation and multiple opioid investigations and lawsuits brought by state attorney general offices; oversaw the client’s defense in more than 1,800 lawsuits filed throughout the United States and defended against state attorneys general matters across the country; also served as lead settlement counsel for the client
  • Secured full declination for a Fortune 500 company in a multiyear FIRREA investigation by DOJ
  • Secured closure of investigation without any enforcement for a Fortune 500 company in a three-year UDAAP investigation by the CFPB
  • Secured closure of investigation without any enforcement action for a Fortune 500 company in an investigation by the NY Department of Financial Services
  • Secured dismissal of qui tam action against a financial institution alleging violations of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and Federal Housing Administration regulations
  • Secured dismissal of qui tam action against a major retail pharmacy in a lawsuit alleging overbilling of state and federal Medicaid programs
  • Represented a Fortune 500 company in multiple government investigations of alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Resolved investigation by the DOJ into alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act by an institutional lender
  • Conducted internal investigation into potential violations of the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws in India, China, Russia, Dubai, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Bolivia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Colombia, Turkey, and South Africa on behalf of Fortune 500 technology companies, financial institutions, retailers, government contractors, investment funds, and logistics companies
  • Secured declinations, non-prosecution agreements, and other favorable outcomes for individual clients investigated by DOJ, the SEC, and FINRA into potential violations of securities laws and regulations
  • Duke University School of Law, 1991, J.D.
  • Georgetown University, 1988, B.S.
  • New York

Listed, Lawdragon 500, Leading Litigators in America, New York: White Collar, Investigations, Criminal Defense, Litigation (2026)

Ranked, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, New York, Chambers USA (2017–2025)

Recommended, Government: State Attorneys General, The Legal 500 US (2023–2025)

Recommended, Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense, The Legal 500 US (2018, 2024, 2025)

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, New York (2022–2026)

Attorney General's John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation (2005)

Director’s Award, US Department of Justice (1997, 2003)