Edward Kang

Practice Areas

A veteran prosecutor for the DOJ’s Criminal Division, Ted brings a thorough understanding of internal investigations and white collar defense and compliance to clients under investigation by federal agencies. He applies a pragmatic, business-oriented approach to the challenging issues that his clients confront in an increasingly complex regulatory and enforcement environment.

His practice focuses on internal investigations and white collar defense and compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, and Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions.

Ted represents companies and individuals under investigation by the DOJ, SEC, and other federal and state enforcement agencies. He counsels and conducts internal investigations for clients in an array of industries. Ted also has a robust commercial litigation practice, particularly in the health care and financial services industries, and has secured significant victories on behalf of his clients in arbitration as well as in federal courts. He is an accomplished courtroom lawyer and has tried a dozen cases to verdict and argued 14 cases before federal circuit courts.

Ted served for eight years as a federal prosecutor in the DOJ Criminal Division and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, where he prosecuted some of the department’s most high-profile fraud and public corruption cases.

Career

Co-Leader of Alston & Bird’s White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team; member of the firm’s Partners Committee; Head of the D.C. office’s Litigation Group.

Education