Potts, Allen J.

Lillian Howard Potter is a counsel in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Investigations and Criminal Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2003. Ms. Potter's practice focuses on government and internal corporate investigations. Ms. Potter has particular expertise in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Practice

Ms. Potter has extensive experience with complex investigations and has represented major corporations in a variety of criminal and civil investigations by US government agencies and other investigative bodies and commissions. She has worked on FCPA enforcement matters involving the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as anti-corruption enforcement matters involving foreign law enforcement authorities and the United Nations. Ms. Potter has handled internal FCPA investigations into conduct in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. In addition to her work on FCPA investigations and enforcement matters, she advises clients on anti-corruption due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, handles internal anti-corruption compliance reviews and risk assessments, helps clients in numerous industries in developing global anti-corruption compliance programs and policies, and develops and conducts FCPA training programs around the world.

Ms. Potter maintains an active pro bono practice. She has represented immigrant crime victims in federal criminal proceedings, the United Farm Workers in their administrative challenge to federal farmworker regulations, and domestic abuse victims in immigration proceedings. She assisted the wife of a veteran injured in Iraq in preparing congressional testimony and filed an amicus brief on behalf of members of Congress in Winkelman v. Parma City School District, which established the legal rights of parents of children with disabilities. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Potter was a Skadden Fellow at Southern Migrant Legal Services, where she represented migrant farmworkers in federal employment litigation.

Recent Highlights

• Represented Armor Holdings, Inc. in connection with a motion to compel the production of documents in the US v. Goncalves case, in which 22 individuals are accused of conspiracy to violate the FCPA
• Representing companies in FCPA enforcement matters before the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission
• Participated in the representation of a large investment management company in an internal investigation into allegations of market timing, late trading and improper financial reporting
• Participated in the representation of Boeing in an internal corporate investigation concerning the US Air Force KC-767 Tanker Program, and in related federal inquiries by the Defense Department and the Justice Department