Sandra Moser
Sandra Moser is a corporate investigations authority and trial lawyer who co-leads the firm’s global white collar and investigations practice. She is former chief of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division, Fraud Section in Washington, DC, and a former Assistant US Attorney (AUSA) for the District of New Jersey. She defends companies, boards, and executives in a wide range of matters—including healthcare and federal program fraud, the False Claims Act (FCA), the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), securities, commodities, and anti-money laundering—involving the DOJ, state attorneys general offices, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), US Congress, and other domestic and international enforcement agencies.
Sandra focuses on results for clients, whether large public companies or individuals under scrutiny or in crisis. She has obtained declinations from multiple sections of the DOJ’s Criminal and Civil Divisions in FCPA, fraud, crypto, FCA, and healthcare-related cases, and obtained similar favorable results from the SEC, the CFTC, and international regulators, such as the UK Serious Fraud Office.
As chief of the DOJ’s Fraud Section, Sandra led a team of 150-plus white collar prosecutors and oversaw the FCPA Unit, as well as the section’s healthcare, securities, and financial fraud prosecutions. She led, negotiated, or approved dozens of corporate enforcement resolutions, including global coordinated resolutions involving multiple domestic and foreign authorities, and played a key role in the selection and oversight of corporate monitors. She currently serves as the co-chair of the Women in White Collar Defense Association’s Monitor Committee.
Sandra also helped develop and implement significant policy changes affecting corporate criminal enforcement throughout the DOJ, including the Corporate Enforcement Policy and various reforms to the Justice Manual.
Sandra speaks across the United States and abroad at forums addressing enforcement policies, trends, and priorities in the white collar space. She also guest lectures at academic institutions, including Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Sandra was a partner at another global law firm, where she co-chaired the investigations, government enforcement, and white collar criminal defense practice.
