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Megan Church

Megan Church

USA 2026

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Megan Cunniff Church is a highly accomplished trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation and criminal and regulatory matters. She conducts corporate internal investigations in the U.S. and abroad, and she advises clients on crisis and risk management.

As a former federal prosecutor, Ms. Church has extensive experience investigating, litigating, and successfully resolving white collar criminal and regulatory matters. She served as a Deputy Chief of the Financial Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she prosecuted and supervised complex health care fraud, tax fraud, and corporate and financial crimes cases. She also served as a Deputy Chief of the General Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she trained and supervised new prosecutors on federal criminal practice.

Career

In nearly a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Church investigated and prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes, including bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, public corruption, money laundering, narcotics and weapons violations, international drug trafficking, identity theft, cybercrimes, embezzlement, human trafficking, and organized crime. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney assigned to the Public Corruption section, Ms. Church prosecuted and convicted numerous public officials and law enforcement officers for fraud, bribery, extortion, and tax offenses.

As a partner at MoloLamken LLP, Ms. Church has conducted internal investigations of publicly-traded companies and represented corporate and government officials in investigations and prosecutions by various U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the Department of Justice, inspectors general, Congress, the SEC, the CFTC, and other government regulators. In addition to representing targets and subjects in criminal and regulatory investigations, Ms. Church has represented key witnesses during investigations and subsequent trials. Along with other members of the MoloLamken team, Ms. Church recently secured an acquittal in a campaign finance prosecution following a jury trial in federal court in Washington, DC.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Illinois

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Megan Church of MoloLamken LLP is a respected white-collar defense attorney recognized for her representation of corporate and individual clients in criminal trials and government investigations.

Strengths

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  • Megan is an excellent trial lawyer.

    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsChambers Guide to the USA
  • Megan is extraordinarily talented.

    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsChambers Guide to the USA
  • Megan is a phenomenal lawyer, excellent in court and easy to get along with. She handled a sensitive and difficult matter.

    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsChambers Guide to the USA
  • Megan has a wonderful courtroom presence and does the full range of white-collar matters.

    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsChambers Guide to the USA

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Illinois

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    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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New York

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    Steven F Molo

    Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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    Justin Ellis

    Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation

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