This attorney has consistently been recognized for her exceptional legal skills, with Chambers USA highlighting her “extraordinary ability.” She is esteemed for her impressive credentials in defending high-stakes government enforcement cases, with sources noting that she is “one of the stars of her generation” and one of the best attorneys in the city. Her capability to take cases to trial provides her with significant leverage and credibility during pretrial phases.
She has successfully prevented indictments and regulatory charges through strategic decision-making, thorough preparation, and strong advocacy. As a skilled trial lawyer, she secured a complete victory for a private equity investor in an SEC enforcement case and achieved an acquittal for a Bear Stearns hedge fund manager in a federal jury trial.
In 2010, she received the Hon. Thurgood S. Marshall Award for Outstanding Criminal Practitioner from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, awarded annually to a distinguished practitioner in New York.
Before founding Brune Law P.C., she established and led Brune & Richard LLP for 18 years, a firm recognized by The New York Times as a “top-flight New York litigation boutique.”
Her representative matters include:
- Defending an investment firm president in an SEC case related to the financial crisis.
- Representing an investment representative in various tax-related civil cases and arbitrations.
- Advising a special litigation committee of a Fortune 500 company in a shareholders’ derivative suit.
- Defending a chief accounting officer in stock options backdating cases.
- Representing a future claimants’ representative in a large-scale asbestos bankruptcy.
- Advocating for pharmaceutical company employees in healthcare fraud investigations.
- Defending securities executives and brokers in SEC and NYSE investigations regarding mutual fund market timing and late trading.
- Representing an NYSE specialist in an enforcement action.
- Defending a law firm partner in a civil suit for breach of fiduciary duty.
Additionally, she has frequently acted as a court-appointed SEC receiver and monitor for various entities, including a broker-dealer and a hedge fund. During her tenure as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, she prosecuted numerous white-collar crimes, including fraud, public corruption, embezzlement, and healthcare fraud.
