Veronica E. Callahan

Veronica Callahan chairs the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Litigation practice. She concentrates on complex financial and securities litigation, SEC and PCAOB enforcement actions, state attorneys general, state societies of CPAs, white collar matters, and complex internal investigations. Her clients include accounting firms, public issuers, start-ups, life sciences and bio-technology companies, banking institutions, hedge and private equity funds, and non-traditional lenders. Veronica has successfully defended securities class actions; fiduciary duty, suitability and common-law fraud claims; and minority shareholder disputes. She has also efficiently led major internal investigations and successfully defended high-stakes investigatory and enforcement actions involving financial reporting, disclosure, disclosure controls, quality controls, whistleblower, accountant liability, cybersecurity, insider trading, public corruption, and complex accounting and valuation issues. Veronica also has successfully arbitrated and mediated matters and negotiated highly complex settlements.

Veronica regularly writes and lectures on pertinent issues and co-chairs the annual ALI Accountant’s Liability conference at which, most recently, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce gave the Day 1 Keynote Address, and Former Chair of the PCAOB, Erica Williams gave the Day 2 Keynote Address. They are the most recent leaders to speak at this prominent, long-running conference. 

According to Chambers USA, “Veronica comes recommended for her expert SEC practice. She is a fine choice of counsel for a broad roster of financial services entities.” Clients note, “Veronica is outstanding in every way. Her hard work guides us through challenging issues with success,” and praise her securities litigation, regulatory and enforcement work, noting “[Veronica] is one of the best lawyers I know. She’s the first person I would go to for litigation SEC regulatory matters or enforcement issues.” Clients also comment on Veronica’s ability to think outside of the box and come up with effective creative solutions: noting: “She has a great ability to be creative. Finding creative solutions is her main strength.”