Celia Cohen

Celia Cohen represents individual and corporate clients in internal and government investigations and white collar criminal defense, with a focus advising on wire fraud, securities fraud, issues involving virtual currency, bribery, corruption, health care fraud matters, and anti-money laundering matters. Celia also has significant experience conducting employee-related investigations, including investigations involving whistleblowers. Her significant experience includes her service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and as in-house counsel at one of the world’s largest financial institutions.

Based on her experience as a former federal prosecutor, Celia understands how the DOJ, SEC, and other government agencies conduct investigations and make prosecution decisions. In her role as an AUSA, she handled a wide variety of cases, including those involving securities fraud, wire fraud, cybercrime, money laundering, terrorism, racketeering, and health care fraud, and tried over a dozen cases. Celia was awarded the Department of Justice Director’s Award, the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation Award, The Detectives’ Endowment Association’s Person of the Year Award, and was also recognized by the United Kingdom Counter Terrorism Unit of the Greater Manchester Police for successfully securing a major international terrorism conviction.

As former Assistant General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase, Celia led internal investigations for the bank’s Government, Investigations, & Regulatory Enforcement Group. She oversaw complex investigations spanning multiple jurisdictions, and represented the bank in response to whistleblower matters and government inquiries.

Celia handles matters involving the SEC, DOJ, FINRA, Office of the Comptroller of Currency, Federal Reserve Bank, Office of Foreign Assets Control, state and federal prosecutors, and other federal and local law enforcement agencies. She also has specific experience defending allegations of fraud, bribery, money laundering, antitrust, insider trading, market manipulation, and violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, and related statutes.

Admissions:

New York

New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey