Pravin B. Rao

Practice Areas

Informed by his experience with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Pravin represents companies, boards, and senior executives in high-stakes criminal and regulatory matters. These include cross-border government inquiries and proceedings, internal investigations, cybersecurity matters, and other litigation. He assists clients in inquiries by the DOJ, SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state attorney general offices, and other governmental and self-regulatory agencies.

Pravin advises clients on issues related to accounting and financial fraud, foreign and domestic bribery and corruption, and Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions. He also handles matters involving money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, insider trading and other securities fraud, cyber breaches, ransomware attacks, data privacy, tax fraud, the False Claims Act, and related civil litigation.

Pravin has first-chaired numerous jury trials and argued appeals in both federal and state courts. Finally, Pravin has served as an FCPA Corporate Monitor (one of only 36 such DOJ/SEC appointments over the last decade).

Career

Previously, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois (2003-2007); Branch Chief, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1999-2003); Assistant State’s Attorney, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (1995-1999).

Personal

University of Illinois College of Law, JD (1995)

Olin School -Washington University, MBA, Finance (1989)

University of Michigan BS, Mathematics (1987)