Lisa A. Prager is a New York litigation attorney who represents corporations and individuals in a wide variety of federal criminal and regulatory matters. Ms. Prager focuses on government investigations and enforcement actions relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), U.S. export controls and economic sanctions laws, anti-money laundering laws, the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower provisions and government contract matters.
In her practice, Ms. Prager counsels clients before multiple U.S. enforcement agencies and bodies, such as the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of State, Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other authorities. She conducts extensive internal investigations on behalf of multinational corporations and has represented them, as well as boards of directors, in FCPA and export control matters.
In connection with these investigations, Ms. Prager provides advice to general counsels and senior management regarding company practices, settlement options and remedial measures, such as compliance program enhancements and disciplinary action for company employees. She also works with companies in the administration of consent decrees and other post-settlement agreements.
In addition, Ms. Prager represents individuals in white collar criminal matters, including chief executive officers, general counsel and high-ranking congressional figures. Prior to entering private practice, she was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and acting assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary for export enforcement at the DOC's Bureau of Industry and Security. Her work at the DOC included managing many of the agency's largest export control settlements and indictments to date, including criminal investigations related to Chinese exports and the freight forwarding industry. As an assistant U.S. attorney, Ms. Prager handled federal cases involving terrorism, wire and mail fraud, economic espionage and export control violations.
