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Kimberly Parker

Kimberly Parker

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Practice Areas

Kimberly A. Parker's practice focuses on white-collar criminal matters, internal corporate investigations, and compliance counseling. Ms. Parker is vice chair of the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, co-chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice, and co-leads the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Anti-Corruption Practice. Ms. Parker is also co-chair of the firm's Pro Bono and Community Service Committee.

Practice

Ms. Parker represents clients in a range of criminal and enforcement matters and also provides compliance and governance advice. She has conducted internal investigations in the United States, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. She has represented companies and individuals in a variety of FCPA enforcement matters. She also regularly counsels clients facing difficult FCPA issues in a variety of business contexts, and assists clients in developing and implementing FCPA compliance programs and conducting FCPA training. She is a regular speaker at FCPA events.

Professional Memberships

Bar Admissions:

District of Columbia

New York

Court Admissions:

US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Publications

Ms. Parker is a co-author, with Jay Holtmeier, Erin Sloane, and Christopher Cestaro, of the leading treatise in the field, Complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (LexisNexis, 11th ed. 2024).

2024 M&A Report - WilmerHale

Complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 10th Edition

Experience

Ms. Parker represented a client in a multi-year FCPA investigation involving seven projects in China. The investigation was closed in 2014 with no enforcement action.

Ms. Parker represented Armor Holdings, now a subsidiary of BAE Systems, Inc., in its July 2011 FCPA settlement with the DOJ and SEC relating to the actions of a former employee of the company who later went on to become the informant in the DOJ’s 22-defendant FCPA sting case.

Ms. Parker represented oil driller Helmerich & Payne in its July 2009 settlement with the DOJ and the SEC of FCPA matters involving payments to customs officials in Argentina and Venezuela.

Ms. Parker represented The Purdue Frederick Company in its May 2007 settlement of federal criminal charges related to its pain drug, OxyContin.

Ms. Parker represented the Titan Corporation in its March 2005 settlement with the Department of Justice and the SEC regarding charges that it violated the FCPA in connection with payments to the President of the Republic of Benin.

Ms. Parker has represented companies and individuals in numerous FCPA enforcement matters before the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.

Education

Harvard Law School

JD

1996

Princeton University

AB

1992

Awards

Top 100 Female Lawyers

LatinVex

2024

Top Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Practitioners

Global Investigations Review

2021

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Distinguished Service Award

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

2016

Top Women in Investigations

Global Investigations Review

2015

45 Under 45

The American Lawyer

2011

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

FCPA - USA

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Kimberly Parker is cochair of WilmerHale's white-collar defense and investigations practice. She offers expertise in the full range of FCPA-related issues, including regulatory and internal investigations and compliance programs.

Strengths

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