Samir Kaushik

Samir Kaushik has more than 15 years of experience representing U.S. and foreign companies in government and internal investigations and white collar civil and criminal matters involving U.S. and foreign government agencies. Samir has been recognized by Global Investigations Review, Chambers USA, and Who's Who Legal: Investigations as a leading white collar and government investigations lawyer in Texas.

He has successfully defended clients in Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions related to alleged securities fraud, accounting fraud, currency manipulation, financial fraud, money laundering (AML), and violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He has helped achieve non-public DOJ and SEC declinations and advised clients on compliance with government resolutions and monitorships. He also has conducted fraud and corruption-related cross-border investigations in 25 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and South America.

Clients also turn to Samir for advice on related ethics and compliance issues. He has developed and implemented effective compliance and ethics programs; counseled on artificial intelligence (AI), generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), data privacy, data transfer, and privilege issues; conducted risk assessments; and advised on compliance-related matters in cross-border transactions. He frequently speaks on these topics. He has served on Law360's Compliance Advisory Board and White Collar Advisory Board and has coauthored many of the Firm's investigations, enforcement, and compliance publications over the last decade.

Samir is the hiring partner for the Firm's Dallas Office and is the Dallas region co-chair of the American Bar Association Judicial Internship Opportunity Program.