Michelle Kerin

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For more than 20 years, Michelle Kerin has distinguished herself as an experienced and formidable litigator. She has tried numerous cases to verdict before juries and arbitrators and engaged in significant, complex, and novel motion practice. For the 11 years prior to joining the Angeli & Calfo, Michelle served as an Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting some of the largest, most complex white-collar criminal cases in the District of Oregon. In this capacity, she directed and managed all aspects of multi-district investigations involving money laundering; securities, bank, wire, investment, bankruptcy, tax, and mortgage fraud; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations; and cyber, and environmental crimes. She was designated as one of the District’s Computer, Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) prosecutors. She also served as the Deputy Chief of the Economic, National Security and Cyber Crime Unit where she managed and directed federal prosecutors, staff, and law enforcement in white-collar, national security and cyber-criminal investigations and prosecutions.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Michelle was a shareholder at Farleigh Wada & Witt where she represented businesses, executives, and financial institutions in complex civil business litigation. She also represented special litigation committees in internal corporate investigations and federal receivers in civil enforcement actions filed by federal regulatory agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission.

In 2019, Michelle was awarded the Federal Bar Association’s prestigious James Burns Award, awarded annually to the lawyer who demonstrates the highest standards of professionalism in their work in federal court. She was also chosen by her peers in 2018 for the Frank Noonan Award, awarded annually to a federal prosecutor in the District of Oregon for exemplary dedication to the mission of the United States Attorney’s Office, excellence in the performance of her duties, and a tireless work ethic. In 2014, Portland Police Bureau awarded her the Achievement Medal, one of the highest honors given by PPB to a citizen.

Throughout her career, Michelle has been a frequent speaker to lawyers and law enforcement on white-collar criminal substantive and procedural issues. She served as an adjunct professor at the Lewis & Clark law school for more than 10 years and as faculty at the National Advocacy Center, the national training center for the Department of Justice.