< Directory MaryJeanette Dee

MaryJeanette Dee is a partner in the New York office of Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP. Ms. Dee is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Ms. Dee concentrates in internal investigations and regulatory and white collar criminal defense. She has conducted numerous internal investigations for board committees and management into a wide variety of allegations, including improper revenue recognition, accounting irregularities, misuse of confidential information, insider trading and other securities fraud, embezzlement, retail brokerage sales practice violations, soft dollar programs, trading and position valuation issues, and compliance with Rule 105/Regulation M. Ms. Dee also frequently represents banks, broker-dealers, investment advisers, corporate officers, securities professionals, lawyers and other individuals in connection with investigations and inquiries by the U.S. Attorney's Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the SEC, FINRA and other governmental entities and self-regulatory organizations. Some notable representations include:

• Representation of global investment banks and hedge funds in connection with various insider trading investigations;
• Representation of a global investment bank in connection with parallel federal criminal and SEC stock loan investigations;
• Representation of Private Bank division of global investment bank in connection with FINRA inquiries and investigations;
• Representation of global financial institution in connection with a regulatory investigation of its retail securities lending program; and
• Internal investigations of a variety of whistleblower claims.

In 1993, Ms. Dee served as Special District Attorney in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. She obtained convictions in bench and jury trials for credit card fraud, aggravated assault, stalking and other felony crimes.

Ms. Dee's work and professionalism have earned her recognition as a top white collar criminal defense lawyer. In 2007, 2008 and 2011, the Legal 500 directory recognized her accomplishments in this area. She was also named a New York Super Lawyer in white-collar criminal defense in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. She is currently serving as a Trustee of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of New Jersey and is a member of a number of professional associations.

Ms. Dee is a member of the New York bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

News

• Acquisition International names RK&O 2011 White-Collar Crime Law Firm of the Year
• U.S. News-Best Lawyers awards RK&O "Law Firm of the Year" in White Collar-Government Investigations Law and recognizes firm's other practice areas
• RK&O attorneys recognized as 2011 Super Lawyers
• RK&O practices, attorneys cited in The Legal 500 United States
• RK&O attorneys recognized as 2010 Super Lawyers
• MaryJeanette Dee and James Walker appear in Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition
• MaryJeanette Dee comments on the Skilling/Black rulings in Fox Business, Portfolio.com, and The Christian Science Monitor
• MaryJeanette Dee quoted in the InsideCounsel article "Full Disclosure: 9th Circuit Restores Conventional Wisdom on Privilege"
• RK&O attorneys recognized as 2009 Super Lawyers
• Lee Richards Appointed Receiver in SEC v. Nicholson Securities and Wire Fraud Case
• The Legal 500 United States Refers to Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP’s White-Collar Criminal Defense Practice as Having an "Excellent Relationship With Regulators"
• An “insiders’ tip” is how The Legal 500 refers to Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP’s White Collar Criminal Defense Practice

Seminars & Speaking Engagements

• MaryJeanette Dee speaks on the “Internal Investigations” panel at the 2012 SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society Annual Seminar
• MaryJeanette Dee acts as a Panelist at the PLI "Bet the Company Litigation 2010: Best Practices for Complex Cases" conference
• MaryJeanette Dee participates as a Panelist at the PLI "Bet the Company Litigation 2009: Best Practices for Complex Cases" conference
• MaryJeanette Dee presents "Internal Investigations: Balancing Competing Concerns & Objectives"
• MaryJeanette Dee acts as a Moderator for a panel discussion titled "Managing Litigation On Multiple Fronts: Parallel Criminal, SEC, and Plaintiff Proceedings"
• MaryJeanette Dee acts as a Moderator at the 6th Securities Litigation Conference
• MaryJeanette Dee participates as a Panelist in the PLI "Overlapping Civil Litigation and Government (Regulatory/Department of Justice) Investigations" seminar
• MaryJeanette Dee moderates "Parallel Criminal, SEC and Plaintiff Proceedings" seminar
• MaryJeanette Dee speaks at the "Interlinking the U.S. and Canada through Overcoming and Managing Multi-Jurisdictional Obstacles" seminar
• MaryJeanette Dee presents "Overlapping Civil Litigation and Government (Regulatory/Department of Justice) Investigations" at the PLI seminar