Veronica E. Callahan

Veronica Callahan chairs the firm's Securities Enforcement & Litigation practice group. She concentrates her practice on complex financial and securities litigation, SEC and PCAOB enforcement actions, state attorneys general and white collar matters. Her clients include banking institutions, hedge and private equity funds, accounting firms, non-traditional lenders, public issuers, life sciences companies and start-ups. Ms. Callahan has successfully defended securities class actions; fiduciary duty, suitability and common-law fraud claims; and accountant liability and minority shareholder disputes. She has also efficiently led major internal investigations and defended enforcement actions involving complex valuation, financial reporting, disclosure, whistleblower and insider trading issues. Ms. Callahan also has successfully arbitrated and mediated matters and negotiated highly complex settlements. She regularly writes and lectures on pertinent issues and co-chairs the annual ALI Accountant's Liability conference at which, for instance, this year the Director of Enforcement at the SEC, Gurbir Grewal, was the keynote speaker.

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.'"