Brittany Royce advises clients in areas of white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement, internal investigations, and civil and criminal litigation. Brittany has extensive experience representing corporations and individuals in a wide variety of matters involving allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, money laundering, other types of financial fraud, and health care fraud. In such cases, Brittany typically faces the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), various U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Brittany also regularly counsels registered investment advisors on a broad range of regulatory and compliance matters in connection with inquiries from the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Brittany maintains an active pro bono practice, including assisting Criminal Justice Act appointed counsel in the representation of criminal defendants in federal court and representing clients seeking post-conviction relief.
During law school, Brittany was a judicial intern for the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Brittany also served as a staff member of the Federal Circuit Bar Journal and as a research assistant to Professor Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.
Experience
- Represents a variety of clients, including leading financial institutions and public companies, in connection with regulatory and governmental inquiries, investigations, examinations, and enforcement actions.
- Represents various healthcare companies facing government investigations concerning alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and various healthcare fraud laws, including anti-kickback statutes (AKS).
- Represents leading multinational bank in Middle East in tort-based lawsuits, securing numerous full dismissals in various federal courts.
- Represents a global bank and more than 40 of its current and former directors and officers in a stockholder derivative action alleging foreign-law breach of fiduciary duty and related secondary liability claims.
- Represented a former banker charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with an alleged fraud against the government of Mozambique.
- Represented a global asset manager in connection with a major SEC enforcement action related to the underperformance, and eventual liquidation of, several large hedge funds that underperformed significantly during the COVID-19 market downturn.
- Represented a parent in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions prosecution.
- Served as pool counsel for employees of a multinational financial institution related to a FINRA investigation into the use of personal devices for business purposes.
- Advised a company in fast-moving internal investigation regarding accounting irregularities and successfully represented company in connection with SEC inquiry, securing termination of the matter.
- Advised a professional sports league on sports betting regulations.
- Represented a former private equity firm executive in parallel criminal and civil securities fraud proceedings by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and SEC.
- Represented a global pharmaceutical company against allegations of violations of the False Claims Act and the Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act.