Nancy Kestenbaum

Nancy Kestenbaum co-chairs the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations practice; she is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading white collar and investigations practitioners.

Earlier in her career, Nancy served as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.  For the past twenty years, she has represented companies, boards of directors, and individuals in a wide range of criminal and civil investigations by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and a host of other federal, state and local regulators.

Nancy is also a leader of the firm’s Institutional Culture and Social Responsibility practice. She is considered one of the most experienced investigators of allegations of sexual and other misconduct and has conducted numerous internal investigations for companies, schools, and other non-profit organizations.  

Nancy has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations.  For years, Chambers USA has ranked her in Band 1 in New York for White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.  According to Chambers, clients and peers described Nancy as an “excellent strategist,” “a very smart, sophisticated lawyer who is exceptionally bright and very hard-working" who "works well with people and is excellent with clients."

Nancy serves as a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, where she teaches a course on Internal Investigations.