Amelia Cardenas is an associate in the White Collar Criminal Defense, Antitrust, and Securities Litigation Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on complex business litigation, internal corporate investigations, and the defense of corporations or individuals facing federal investigations.
Amelia's recent representations include:
- Successfully resolved, with no enforcement action, an SEC investigation of an individual involving registration issues.
- Defended the former CEO of an international technology company in an SEC enforcement action for options backdating.
- Defended trustees of two trusts against civil RICO claims, mismanagement claims related to the trustees' sale of a large, trust-owned corporation, and other breach of fiduciary duty claims.
Selected Representative Experience
Financial Services Antitrust Investigation
Representation of leading financial services provider in an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division into alleged antitrust violations in the municipal finance industry.