Vicki Chou

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Vicki Chou, a recognized rising star and accomplished trial lawyer, is a key member of both the Trial Practice and the White Collar and Investigations teams. She represents individuals and companies in high stakes business disputes and criminal matters, including complex commercial litigation, intellectual property matters, SEC enforcement actions, and white collar criminal defense.

Since joining Hueston Hennigan, Ms. Chou has earned leadership roles in several of the nation’s most high profile bet-the-company cases. She has also been involved with developing strategies related to the defense of some of the highest profile defendants and in terminating high-stakes criminal investigations. She has earned praise from clients and colleagues achieving her client’s objectives.

Ms. Chou is a seasoned trial and appellate attorney who recently served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California in both the Criminal and National Security Divisions and was a Deputy Chief. She represented the United States in hundreds of criminal cases, including computer and internet fraud, intellectual property, money laundering, cryptocurrency, bank fraud, tax fraud, immigration fraud, drug trafficking, and racketeering offenses. Many of her matters involved high level, international coordination. As lead counsel, she prevailed at trial in numerous cases. She successfully tried over ten cases as lead counsel and won every one of her appeals before the Ninth Circuit, securing affirmances in every case she argued.

Prior to becoming an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Chou was an associate at Irell & Manella and Quinn Emanuel, where she focused on white collar defense, SEC enforcement actions, internal investigations, and shareholder litigation.