Pamela Chepiga
Location:
United States
Practice(s):
Class Actions
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Corporate and Commercial Litigation
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Finance and Securities Litigation
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Regulatory Investigations and White Collar Defense
Date Joined:
2003. Partner since 2004.
Education:
J.D., cum laude, Fordham University School of Law; B.A., cum laude, Fordham College
Spoken Languages:
English
Experience:
Pamela is a partner in the New York office of Allen & Overy LLP. She specializes in criminal, civil and regulatory securities litigation. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Pamela was the founding Director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic at Fordham University School of Law. Previous to that position, she was a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. From 1982 to 1984, she served as the Chief of Securities and Commodities Frauds Unit in the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York. While there, she specialized in white collar criminal prosecutions, headed the unit in charge of prosecuting all securities and commodities cases, and coordinated criminal prosecutions with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Pamela has taught in trial advocacy programs at Harvard Law School, Hofstra Law School, Cardozo Law School and the New York City Corporation Counsel's Office. She has also lectured extensively on insider trading, white collar crime, and the RICO statute. Pamela is distinguished as a leading practitioner in the International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers 2010.
Pamela has also been ranked in Chambers USA 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010: "Pamela Rogers Chepiga, is an experienced trial lawyer...particularly recommended for her white-collar capabilities. In 2009 she defended Deutsche Bank in a high-profile SEC investigation that resulted in the first ever case alleging insider trading involving credit default swaps." Clients describe Pamela as "an attorney 'of great consequence'...[her] reputation for ‘excellent judgment’ is in part rooted in origins that include serving as chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force for the Southern District...'She knows the legal environment and the bench well'...'She’s a highly informed lawyer with solid judgment, whom everyone trusts.'"