Margaret L. Carter Partner

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1 Margaret L. Carter Partner Ls Angeles D: Maggie Carter is a skilled trial attrney and frmer federal prsecutr wh specializes in high-stakes civil and white cllar criminal trials, cmplex litigatin, sensitive internal investigatins and regulatry matters. Her extensive gvernment experience includes the prsecutin f cmplex financial fraud, civil rights, and public crruptin cases. Maggie s industry experience is brad she has represented cmpanies and individuals in the investment funds, entertainment, financial services, health care, technlgy, educatin, and telecmmunicatins industries in criminal, civil, and investigatins matters. Maggie als represents a large public entity n immigratin issues and has filed numerus amicus briefs t further the entity s supprt f immigrant residents and lcal law enfrcement pririties. In additin t her practice, Maggie dedicates significant time t pr bn advcacy and cmmunity invlvement. Tgether with the ACLU f Nevada, the ACLU Natinal Federatin, and the frmer Federal Public Defender in Las Vegas, she recently spearheaded a civil rights class actin against the State f Nevada and Gvernr t challenge hw the State f Nevada prvides criminal defense services t indigent defendants. Maggie als serves as c-chair f the firm s Trial Advcacy Prsecutin Prgram, which trains assciates t prsecute misdemeanr crimes in Califrnia s Rednd Beach, allwing the small city t take n special prjects it therwise might nt have the resurces t handle. Admissins Bar Admissins Califrnia Curt Admissins U.S. Curt f Appeals fr the Ninth Circuit U.S. District Curt fr the Central, Nrthern, and Suthern Districts f Califrnia Educatin Harvard University, J.D.: magna cum laude; Vice President, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau; Articles Editr, Harvard Jurnal n Legislatin Harvard University, A.B., Gvernment: magna cum laude; Stride Rite Public Service Schlar; Harvard Natinal Schlar Maggie serves n the bard f the Western Center n Law & Pverty and helps t drive the rganizatin s missin t advcate fr lw-incme Califrnians. She als serves n the bard f Radi Bilingüe, Inc. and the Wmen Lawyers Assciatin f Ls O Melveny & Myers LLP 1

2 Angeles, n the Ls Angeles Cunty Bar Assciate Litigatin Sectin Executive Cmmittee, and as C- Chair f the ABA White Cllar Crime Suthern Califrnia Subcmmittee. As an assciate, Maggie was a funding member f the Bard f KIPP Academy f Opprtunity, a public charter middle schl in Suth Ls Angeles. Maggie spent eight years as a prsecutr in the United States Attrney s Office fr the Central District f Califrnia, where she fcused n public crruptin, civil rights, and sphisticated fraud cases, including thse invlving charges f embezzlement, mney laundering, health care fraud, and identity theft. Maggie cnducted a sweeping investigatin f the largest sheriff s department in the United States, which has resulted in the cnvictins f the frmer Sheriff and Undersheriff, and 19 ther current and frmer fficers. She has als served n the Department f Justice Medicare Fraud Strike Frce and as Identity Theft Crdinatr. Maggie has wrked clsely with regulatrs frm federal agencies including the FBI, IRS, the Department f Health and Human Services, the Department f Labr, and the Department f Hmeland Security. As a prsecutr, Maggie led dzens f significant prsecutins, wn cnvictins in several high-prfile jury trials, and argued and briefed cases befre the Ninth Circuit Curt f Appeals. She als served as a mentr t new prsecutrs in trial. Maggie s cases have been featured in the Ls Angeles Times, New Yrk Times, and Wall Street Jurnal, and n public radi s This American Life. Maggie has received awards frm the FBI, IRS, Department f Hmeland Security, the United States Pstal Service, Department f Labr, the Small Business Administratin, the Internatinal Assciatin f Financial Crimes Investigatrs, the Ls Angeles Business Jurnal, and the Ls Angeles Cunty Bar Assciatin. Prir t her service as an Assistant United States Attrney, Maggie spent five years as Assciate and Cunsel at O Melveny. During that time, she fcused n white cllar criminal defense and cmplex civil litigatin and was a member f three trial teams. Befre becming a lawyer, Maggie was a management cnsultant at McKinsey & Cmpany, where she specialized in grwth strategy, primarily in the energy and technlgy sectrs. Experience Private Practice Experience Cunsels rganizatins large and small in investigating pssible criminal r regulatry vilatins, respnding t requests frm gvernment investigatrs, and assisting rganizatins with making referrals t gvernment investigating agencies. Maggie has prvided advice n matters including the fllwing: A health plan's cmpliance with the False Claims Act's verpayment rules. Allegatins f health care cmpliance vilatins by a frmer emplyee f a large natinal cmpany. Pssible criminal wrngding by a Chief Technlgy Officer, including threats t the cmpany's systems, sftware, and executives. Pssible criminal liability fr an emplyee's slicitatin f cmmercial bribes. Referring fr investigatin a pssible criminal threat at a private educatinal institutin. Data breach f a fintech cmpany by freign security researcher. O Melveny & Myers LLP 2

3 Cunsel in btaining dismissal f SEC Rule 10b-5 securities fraud class actin litigatin against premium cable and satellite televisin netwrk. Cunsel t premium cable and satellite televisin netwrk, its CEO, and frmer Chief Revenue Officer in cnnectin with a wrngful terminatin lawsuit by a frmer senir executive. Represents a large public entity n immigratin issues; advcacy has included numerus amicus briefs t further the entity's supprt f immigrant residents and lcal law enfrcement pririties. Represents partner at a cnsulting firm in civil suit alleging fraudulent verbilling. Represents investment fund and its principals in actins related t psitins in prtfli cmpanies. Represents tech cmpany entrepreneur during Department f Justice investigatin. Represents small business funder during Department f Justice tax investigatin. Cunsel t bnd cnsultant in SEC investigatin f city fficials fr fraud and crruptin. Cunsel t aut-auctins-related cmpanies in negtiatins with Califrnia state regulatrs. Cunsel t startup transprtatin cmpany and its funder in negtiatins with lcal regulatrs. Cre member f the trial team in United States v. Alvarad Hspital, et al., defending San Diegbased Alvarad Hspital against charges f cnspiracy and vilatins f the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. After a seven-mnth federal criminal trial, fllwed by fur mnths f jury deliberatins, the jury deadlcked. The gvernment later dismissed all criminal charges pursuant t a civil settlement. Represented the frmer general cunsel f Bradcm in a Department f Justice investigatin and civil lawsuit invlving the largest restatement in the cuntry fr alleged stck ptins backdating. Defended, pr bn, frmer FBI agent Denise W against felny natinal security charges. The case settled weeks befre trial with a favrable n-time misdemeanr plea. The successful representatin was featured in American Lawyer magazine and selected fr Califrnia Lawyer magazine's "Angel Award." Represented tw glbal financial services cmpanies, their chairmen, and their senir executive fficers in multinatinal litigatin and internatinal arbitratin invlving allegatins f directr negligence, fraud, and breach f fiduciary duties. Gvernment Experience Cnducted a sweeping investigatin f crruptin and civil rights crimes within jails perated by the Ls Angeles Sheriff's Department, resulting in the cnvictins f mre than 20 fficers and frmer fficers, including the Sheriff and Undersheriff. Secured cnvictins at trial f seven Ls Angeles Sheriff's Department fficials n bstructin f justice charges. Maggie gave the three-hur clsing argument at end f the five-week, six-defendant jury trial, which was cvered daily in the Ls Angeles Times and ther news utlets. Maggie als argued htly-cntested sentencings which resulted in custdial sentences f between 18 and 44 mnths. Secured a histric 212-mnth custdial sentence fr a crrupt immigratin prsecutr cnvicted after a three-week jury trial f bribe-taking, mney laundering, submissin f false dcuments, wrkers cmpensatin fraud, identity theft, and tax evasin. Maggie successfully defended the cnvictins n appeal, preparing hundreds f pages f appellate briefing and successfully arguing a cmplex appeal invlving a cnstitutinal challenge t the federal bribery statute. O Melveny & Myers LLP 3

4 Secured a 48-mnth custdial sentence after a tw-week trial f plice sergeant wh used excessive frce in TASERing and pepper spraying arrestees in back-t-back incidents. Investigated public fficials wh tk bribes frm marijuana dispensary peratrs, leading t cnvictins f the frmer Mayr f Santa Fe Springs and multiple public fficials in Cudahy. Crprate & Gvernment Experience Assistant U.S. Attrney, U.S. Attrney's Office, Central District f Califrnia ( ) Prfessinal Activities Clerkships Hnrable Richard A. Paez, United States Curt f Appeals fr the Ninth Circuit C-Chair ABA White Cllar Crime Cmmittee, Suthern Califrnia Reginal Subcmmittee (2016-present) Prgram C-Chair ABA White Cllar Crime Cmmittee, Suthern Califrnia Reginal Subcmmittee ( ) Bard Member Western Center n Law & Pverty Wmen Lawyers Assciatin f Ls Angeles LACBA Litigatin Sectin Executive Cmmittee Radi Bilingüe, Inc., a natinal public radi netwrk perating 12 radi statins in Califrnia and the Suthwest KIPP Academy f Opprtunity, a public charter middle schl in Suth Ls Angeles (Funding Bard Member, ) Faculty Natinal Advcacy Center Medicare Fraud Seminar: Indictment Drafting, Charging Decisins and Sentencing Cnsideratins (2009) Publicatins Nevada's Giden Prblem, Abve The Law (December 2017) A Smarter Bail System, Daily Jurnal (August 2017) Guest Clumn: DPA, NPA Deals Are Nt Up T the Judge, Daily Jurnal (April 2016) Speaking Engagements 10th Annual SEC & DOJ Ht Tpics Briefing: Develpments Materially Affecting Crpratins, Financial Institutins and Individuals, PwC - Sandpiper Panel Discussin (December 2016) The Evlutin f Technlgy and Cnnectivity: What Investrs and Business Owners Need t Knw, UC Berkeley Law Schl - O Melveny & Myers Panel Discussin (Octber 2016) O Melveny & Myers LLP 4

5 Hnrs & Awards Selected by the Ls Angeles Business Jurnal as ne f its Mst Influential Wmen Lawyers (2018) Ls Angeles Cunty Bar Assciatin Criminal Justice Sectin Special Recgnitin Award (2018) Recmmended by Legal 500 fr Labr and Emplyment Disputes - Defense (2018) O Melveny & Myers LLP 5