Catherine Hanaway

Practice Areas

A former U.S. Attorney and Missouri House Speaker, Catherine defends clients nationwide, helping resolve their toughest and most sensitive legal issues.

Catherine has successfully handled high-profile, bet-the-company, complex matters in federal court and before regulatory agencies. She represents leading global and closely-held companies – as well as their officers and owners – in civil and criminal investigations and in business litigation. Catherine also strategically advises senior management and boards of directors, offering comprehensive solutions to address their legislative and enforcement challenges. Matters Catherine handles include:

Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

False Claims Act (FCA)

Fraud

Money laundering

Trade secrets

Clients value that Catherine is uniquely positioned to identify complex legal issues, along with the pathways and collaborative strategies to resolution. Before leading the firm as the first woman to serve as Chair, she also served as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Eastern District of Missouri, the only woman Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives and for five years on staff for U.S. Senator Kit Bond. As U.S. Attorney, she supervised more than 4,000 criminal, affirmative and defensive civil cases and personally tried cases to jury verdicts. She also supervised and assisted in the development of cutting-edge theories of criminal prosecution.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association (ABA), White Collar section

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL)

National Association of Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA)

The Missouri Bar

Women's White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA)