I'm a former Manhattan prosecutor and white collar criminal defense lawyer.
I've lived in courtrooms, the grand jury, and in-house at a hospitality company that centered its hiring around human trafficking survivors and justice-involved individuals.
I know how prosecutors evaluate evidence, make charging decisions, and prepare for trial because I once did that work. I bring that perspective to anticipating the government’s strategy, identifying weaknesses in its case, and building a client's defense.
I have tried multiple federal and state cases to verdict as first-chair and argued federal and state appeals.
Outside the courtroom, I'm a Mama of two boys.
WHO AM I?
PRACTICE AREAS
WHO DO I REPRESENT?
WHAT I BRING TO EVERY MATTER
Prosecutorial insight: Understanding how the government builds cases, evaluates evidence, and makes charging decisions.
Early strategic guidance: Advising clients before an investigation becomes a criminal charge.
Technical and business understanding: Examining financial transactions, digital communications, and cross-border operations.
Trial and negotiation experience: First-chair federal and state trials, appeals, dismissals, and non-prosecution agreements.
Individual attention: Understanding your family, professional, and cultural circumstances that belong in your defense and sentencing advocacy.
"Many of my clients are navigating the U.S. justice system for the first time. I was on the other side of it, building cases. That changes how I show up for them."
I represent people often left unheard in the legal system: immigrants, business owners, and families at a crisis moment. My clients range from Ivy League professors and physicians to immigrant entrepreneurs, crypto experts, and former government advisors facing federal investigations.
My clients live and operate across borders. A U.S. criminal investigation can trigger cross-border collateral consequences - visa issues, foreign asset exposure, reputational risk in multiple jurisdictions. I have spent my career navigating exactly that intersection.
Grand Jury Investigations
Insider Trading and SEC enforcement
Health Care Fraud
REPRESENTATIVE RESULTS
Government Corruption, Bribery, FCPA
Cryptocurrency and FinTech Matters
Cross-border and International Criminal Matters
White Collar Crime & Financial Frauds
Export Controls & Sanctions
Complex Civil Litigation
Money laundering, Asset Forfeiture and Recovery
SEC Insider trading: Time-served sentence in a multimillion-dollar scheme; a co-defendant received 27 months’ imprisonment.
Cross-border Export Controls: Time-served sentence in a conspiracy case where the government sought imprisonment.
Nationwide Money Laundering Conspiracy: Time-served sentence where the government sought decades of imprisonment.
Dietary Supplements False Claims Act conspiracy: Time-served sentence where the government sought imprisonment.
Global Manufacturing: Full evidentiary victory that prevented a product recall and preserved international operations.
Campaign Finance and Public Corruption: No charges in politically sensitive investigations.
Health Care Fraud: Successful defense of clients in multimillion-dollar federal fraud and kickback investigations with no charges and non-prosecution agreements.
Landmark Cultural Heritage Ownership Dispute: Trial victory affirmed unanimously by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Cultural Property & Consignment Disputes
Compliance & Regulatory
LEGAL DEFENSE THAT SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE
Few white-collar criminal defense lawyers combine experience as a Manhattan prosecutor with fluency in Mandarin Chinese and conversational proficiency in Spanish and Japanese. I do.
Raised in Queens in a multilingual family, I understand how culture, hierarchy, and family expectations shape communication and business decisions. In federal investigations, that context matters. It informs questions of intent and responsibility. It shapes how I anticipate the government’s strategy, identify weaknesses in its case, and build your defense.
ADMISSIONS & AFFILIATIONS
New York
New Jersey
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Co-Chair, Government Enforcement & Compliance Committee (2016-2026), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
Young Lawyers Committee Co-Chair (2012), Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)
Federal Bar Council
Women's White Collar Defense Association
Let's connect
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212-819-1168