Cheryl A. Krause has been identified as among the Best Lawyers in America for 2012 and has been recognized as a “Woman of Distinction” by the National Association of Women Business Owners and Philadelphia Business Journal, a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by American Lawyer Media and The Legal Intelligencer, and an “Up and Coming” lawyer for Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations by Chambers USA.
With her background as a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court, Ms. Krause brings superb advocacy skills to the defense of companies and individuals.
Ms. Krause has successfully represented major banking institutions, media companies, private equity firms, and other companies in domestic and international government investigations, Securities and Exchange Commission proceedings, securities class actions, contract disputes, and general commercial litigation. She has briefed and argued numerous appellate cases and has handled large-scale internal investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act matters, and antitrust cases in China, Korea, and Eastern Europe. Her extensive courtroom experience includes federal and state courts in multiple jurisdictions.
Ms. Krause has taught Evidence, CyberCrime, and appellate advocacy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and has published and lectured in many venues on the handling of internal investigations, developments in criminal law, sentencing issues, terrorism, and combating computer crime. Before entering private practice, Ms. Krause was a lecturer at Stanford and Columbia Law Schools, and served for five years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In that capacity, she handled the investigation, prosecution, and appeals of domestic and international bank fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and public corruption cases.
Ms. Krause speaks conversational Spanish and French.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1989, Summa cum laude, 1989, Phi Beta Kappa
Stanford Law School, J.D., 1993, With distinction, Senior Features Editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review, Co-Chair of Women of Stanford Law, first prize in the Marion Rice Kirkwood Moot Court Competition, recipient of the Steve M. Block Civil Liberties Award, Order of the Coif
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Clerkships
Honorable Alex Kozinski, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States
Memberships
Outside Counsel, Board of Ethics of the City of Philadelphia (2007-present)
Board Member and Co-Chair of Elections Subcommittee, The Committee of Seventy's Board of Directors (2007-present)
Executive Committee, Criminal Law Committee of the Federal Bar Association, Philadelphia Chapter (2003-present)Advisory Committee, Professional Women's Roundtable of Philadelphia (2005-present)
Volunteer Attorney, The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (2005-present)
Criminal Justice Act Panel, Appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to represent indigent defendants in federal criminal cases (2005-2008)
Lecturer, Evidence and Cybercrime, University of Pennsylvania Law School (2003 - 2006)
Steering Committee, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers' Division, White Collar Crime Section, Philadelphia Chapter (2004-2006)
Regional Representative, Stanford Law School Alumni Association (2003-present)
Barrister, American Inns of Court, University of Pennsylvania Law School Chapter (2003-2005)
Delegate for People-to-People Criminal Defense Lawyer Delegation to China, studying the Chinese criminal justice system (Oct. 2005)
Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2001-2003)
Lecturer, Trial Practice, Columbia Law School (2002)
Founder and President, Stanford Law School Alumni Association of New York (1996-1998)
Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Advocacy and Judicial Decision-Making, Stanford Law School (1996)
Philadelphia Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association, White Collar Crime Section
Languages
Spanish
French
Publications and Lectures
Moderator, “Developments in Insider Trading Law: Defense Strategy and Compliance Issues in the Wake of Galleon,” White Collar Practice Conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (November 18, 2011)
Co-author, “Recent SEC Sweep Highlights the Need for U.S. Investment Advisers Seeking Business from Sovereign Wealth Funds to Develop Policies for FCPA Compliance,” Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 12, Issue 2, pp. 11-15 (2011) (with Edward Pittman, Thomas Bogle, and Justin Danilewitz)
Speaker, “Corruption Without Borders: Practical Guidance for Companies with Domestic and International Business Operations,” Association of Corporate Counsel, New York, NY (June 23, 2011)
Speaker, “Global Anti-Corruption Compliance and Enforcement: Implications for Money Managers,” American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Boston, MA (April 15, 2011)
Co-author, “Private Commercial Bribery: The Next Wave of Anti-Corruption Enforcement?,” Financial Fraud Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 8 (September 2010) (with William Gibson)
Co-author, “FCPA Compliance: The Vanishing ‘Facilitating Payments’ Exception?,” Financial Fraud Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 8 (September 2010) (with Elisa Wiygul)
Co-author, “Private Commercial Bribery: The Next Wave of Anti-Corruption Enforcement?,” DechertOnPoint, Special Alert (April 2010) (with David M. Howard and William Gibson)
Co-author, “The SEC’s Cooperation Framework,” Wall Street Lawyer, Vol. 14, Issue 3 (with Paul Huey-Burns and Adam T. Moore) (2010)
“Enforcement: A Comparison Between the SFA and SEC,” Hedge Funds and the Law, Sweet & Maxwell (2009)
Speaker, “Developments in Criminal Procedure,” The Seventh Constitutional Law Conclave, PA Bar Institute (October 30, 2009)
Speaker, “FCPA for SIFMA Member Firms,” Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Anti-Money Laundering Committee (June 9, 2009)
Speaker, “The Perils of Proffers,” Federal Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee (February 12, 2009)
“Second Circuit Rejects Opportunity to Limit Application of Vicarious Liability Doctrine to Corporate Criminal Defendants,” DechertOnPoint, Special Alert (February 2009)
“The New Age of Data Security Breaches: A Practical Look at Corporate Exposure and Ways to Minimize Risk,” Bloomberg Law Reports: Privacy and Information, Vol. 1, No. 7
(November 7, 2008)
“An Un-Standard Condition: Restricting Internet Use as a Condition of Supervised Release,” Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 3 (February 2008)
Speaker, “Combating Computer Crime: What Corporate Clients Need To Know About U.S. Criminal Laws and Policies,” Internet Law Congress and Annual Meeting (May 4, 2006)
Speaker, “Terrorism and Civil Liberties,” The Fifth Constitutional Law Conclave (October 21, 2005)
Speaker, “Evidence Update,” PACDL: 2005 Joint Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (“PACDL”) & The Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania (April 28, 2005)
Speaker, “Sentencing of White Collar Defendants in Federal Court,” PACDL: For the Experienced: The Ultimate Criminal Law (October 29-30, 2004)
Speaker, “The War on Terrorism, Lawyers and Civil Liberties,” The Fourth Constitutional Law Conclave (October 21, 2003)
“Choosing Philadelphia,” Legal Intelligencer (January 27, 2003)
“Plant Relocations and Reductions in Force,” Advising California Employers and Employees (1995-2005)
“The After-Acquired Evidence Defense to Employment Discrimination Claims: The Privatization of Title VII and the Contours of Social Responsibility,” 46 Stan. L. Rev. 175 (1993)
“Employer Responses to Sexual Harassment: The Right to Privacy and the Limits of Non Fraternization Policies,” 9 Cal. Lab. & Empl. Q. 5, (Summer 1993)