Katherine E. Pappas

Katherine Pappas focuses her practice on white collar defense and internal investigations and compliance program evaluation and enhancement. She represents multi-national corporations in cross-border investigations and enforcement actions and has conducted internal investigations on behalf of corporate clients stemming from allegations of fraud, anti-competitive practices, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ms. Pappas has also represented individuals and corporations in connection with enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

In addition, Ms. Pappas routinely advises clients on issues that arise out of investigations, including interactions with external auditors, complex privilege issues, assessment of compliance program gaps and implementation and testing of remedial measures, and consideration of risks posed by parallel proceedings. She currently serves in a leadership role on an Independent Compliance Monitor team focusing on the effectiveness of a company's human resources compliance program, including harassment and discrimination issues, on behalf of a regulatory agency in Massachusetts. Ms. Pappas has also represented corporate clients in federal district and appellate courts in connection with complex civil litigation matters.  

Prior to joining Miller & Chevalier, Ms. Pappas served as a law clerk to the Honorable Todd E. Edelman on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and to the Honorable Catharine F. Easterly on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. While at Harvard Law School, Ms. Pappas was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.