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.
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, NY (2022–2025)
Attorney General's John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation (2005)
Director’s Award, US Department of Justice (1997, 2003)