Andrea Griswold

Ms. Griswold most recently served as deputy U.S. attorney and chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Offce for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). She has personally tried a dozen cases to jury verdicts as both a prosecutor and defense attorney.

Her recent representations include advising:

• a U.S. asset manager in SEC and DOJ investigations concerning securities and investment adviser fraud
• a technology company executive in SEC and DOJ accounting investigations
• a U.S. broker-dealer in an exchange-related investigation
• a senior health care executive in SEC and DOJ investigations related to accounting practices
• a U.S. hedge fund manager in an SEC insider trading investigation
• a multinational corporation in an internal investigation involving financial irregularities and embezzlement
• a private equity firm in an internal investigation involving employee misconduct and misappropriation
• a special committee of a U.S. public company in an internal investigation into financial irregularities

As deputy U.S. attorney at SDNY, she supervised more than 400 prosecutors and staff, oversaw all criminal and civil investigations in the district and made the final case recommendations on prosecutions, including some of the nation’s highest-profile fraud cases. She also managed SDNY’s press strategy, engaging directly with members of the media.

As chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit, she led numerous high-profile investigations involving allegations of accounting fraud, mismarking, market manipulation, insider trading and investor fraud. In this role, she worked closely with senior leadership of the SEC, CFTC and FINRA.

Before managing the Securities Fraud Unit at SDNY, Ms. Griswold spent seven years as a prosecutor, conducting complex investigations and trying cases to jury verdicts. She also founded and co-chaired the SDNY’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Committee on Technology and Electronic Evidence.

She is a frequent speaker on corporate and individual enforcement, private funds and crisis management. Earlier in her career, Ms. Griswold spent five years as a white collar litigator at a global law firm, where she tried three cases to verdicts, including two federal criminal trials and one civil jury trial, securing favorable outcomes for her clients.

She has been recognized by Chambers USA and named to City & State New York’s 2025 Law Power 100, as well as multiple Lawdragon 500 lists, including Leading Lawyers in America, Leading Global Litigators, Leading Litigators in America and Global Leaders in Crisis Management.