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New York, NY 10281-1003
MaryJeanette Dee
Partner
Practice Areas
- Corporate Governance
- Independent Internal Investigations
- Regulatory Proceedings
- Securities Enforcement, Government Investigations and Criminal Defense
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1990
- Wells College, B.A., summa cum laude
MaryJeanette 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, retail brokerage sales practice violations, embezzlement, money laundering, and corporate waste. 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:
• Representing a global investment bank in connection with federal criminal stock loan investigation;
• Representing a Fortune 500 company in connection with allegations of revenue recognition and securities fraud in French subsidiary;
• Representing a global investment bank in connection with federal criminal Internet gambling investigation;
• Representing global investment banks in connection with various insider trading investigations;
• Representing a mutual fund complex in connection with SEC market timing investigation; and
• Representing former Hollinger officer in testimony at the federal criminal trial of Conrad Black.
In addition, Ms. Dee is an experienced civil litigator. Her published decisions include: Resurgence Asset Mgmt., LLC v. Bastion Capital Fund, LP et al., No. 15528/01 (Supreme Ct., Westchester County), 100 N.Y. 2d 515 (2003), aff’d, 760 N.Y.S. 2d 662 (mem.) (2d Dep’t 2003) and Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. v. D.F. King & Co., Inc., 663 N.Y.S. 2d 12 (Slip op. 1997).
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 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.