Paul M. Krieger

Paul Krieger, a co-founder of KKL, is an accomplished trial lawyer who represents companies, executives, directors, and individuals in high stakes investigations, trials, and criminal, regulatory, and civil proceedings. During more than two decades in private practice and senior leadership at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Paul has an exceptional record of success inside and outside the courtroom.

Paul focuses on white collar criminal and regulatory defense, including securities, financial, accounting, and health care fraud, bribery, money laundering, and cryptocurrency and cybersecurity matters, as well as complex civil litigation and internal investigations. Paul’s work is informed by his extensive trial experience, having conducted a dozen trials in federal court and argued various appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Paul co-founded the firm after serving nine years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he supervised both the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit and the Narcotics Unit and oversaw sophisticated financial fraud prosecutions, cybercrimes, and cryptocurrency cases. His experience includes high-profile trials in public corruption, insurance fraud, health care fraud, and money laundering and significant multijurisdictional matters.

Paul has handled cases involving domestic and international enforcement agencies, including the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FTC, FINMA, SFO, and FCA. He has experience advising companies and individuals in internal investigations on matters involving founder disputes, whistleblower complaints, cryptocurrencies and other emerging technologies. Paul is the co-author of the chapter, “Representing Clients in Cybercrime and Cryptocurrency Investigations,” in the treatise for practitioners, Defending Corporations and Individuals in Government Investigations.