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Faith E. Gay is Co-Chair of the Firm's White Collar and Corporate Investigations Practice Group. She has been repeatedly recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the United States by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Florida Trend. Prior to entering private practice, she was Deputy Chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit and the Civil Rights Division while serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. She also twice earned the Director's Award for Special Achievement in Trial Litigation from the United States Department of Justice.

Ms. Gay has broad courtroom experience with more than 25 federal trials and 30 appellate arguments to her credit. Her practice is equally divided between white collar/corporate governance matters and complex civil litigation. In the white collar arena, she has represented corporations and individuals in investigations by the SEC, DOJ, and the attorneys general of New York and Florida, among other investigative entities. She has also led internal investigations at the request of corporations, boards of directors, and special committees. No corporation or individual that Ms. Gay has represented while under investigation has ever been indicted.

Ms. Gay's principal current clients in civil trial and appellate matters include Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, Home Depot, Motorola, Choicepoint, General Electric, Allegheny and AIG. In recent years, Ms. Gay's civil matters - in which she has an undefeated record at trial - have focused in the areas of securities fraud, complex contractual and financing disputes, intellectual property and Alien Tort Statute claims.

Representing Cola-Cola in multiple Alien Tort Statute claims.
 

Representing Morgan Stanley in the retrial of a major fraud suit relating to Morgan Stanley's role in the sale of Sunbeam to Ronald Perelman.
 

Representing Motorola in a major theft of trade secrets case.

Representing the Management Committee of a major national law firm in a Department of Justice investigation alleging mail fraud, breach of honest services and obstruction of justice.

Representing Special Committees and individuals in connection with investigations by the Department of Justice and the SEC relating to stock option practices.

Representing Fortune 50 corporations and a leading German bank in a Department of Justice investigation alleging securities fraud, market manipulation and theft of confidential information.

Representing a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company in connection with a Department of Justice investigation alleging off-label drug promotion.

Representing a Fortune 100 consumer products company in connection with a Department of Justice investigation alleging market manipulation.

Representing a Fortune 100 data technology company in an internal investigation related to the misappropriation of trade secrets and misuse of confidential business information.

Representing a Fortune 100 consumer products company in a Department of Justice investigation alleging antitrust violations.

Representing Fortune 100, French and German companies in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations.

Representing a Greek shipping conglomerate in a Department of Justice investigation alleging environmental crimes.

Representing a leading garment manufactuer in a bankruptcy fraud trial and related civil litigation.

Representing a privately held pharmaceuticals conglomerate in a Department of Justice investigation and trial alleging criminal FDA violations.

Representing public officials in a Department of Justice investigation and trial alleging public corruption and theft of honest services.