Kerry K. Walsh

Kerry Walsh advises clients on a broad range of white collar, national security, and commercial litigation matters. She regularly handles government and internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, and strategic compliance counseling. Kerry represents companies and individuals in matters before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), among other government agencies. She has particular experience in national security matters, with a focus on U.S. trade sanctions and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Kerry serves as co-editor of Arnold & Porter’s Enforcement Edge blog, which tracks and analyzes key developments in government enforcement. She maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on criminal defense, criminal justice, and veterans support matters.

Kerry earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as Executive Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal. During law school, she externed for Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and participated in the Domestic Violence Clinic. Before law school, she worked as a legal assistant at a civil litigation firm in Washington, D.C.