Sarah Rose Lamoree

Associate

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Sarah R. Lamoree is an associate in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP where she is a member of the International and Litigation Departments. 

As part of the International Regulation & Compliance Practice, she helps companies comply with US regulatory regimes, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related anti-corruption laws.  Ms. Lamoree has assisted in conducting internal investigations, compliance audits, and risk assessments for clients in Western Europe and Africa in a variety of industries including the oil services, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical industries.  Ms. Lamoree has represented clients before enforcement agencies and bodies such as the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission.  She also helps clients develop effective FCPA compliance strategies, including establishing internal policies and procedures. 

In the international arbitration field, Ms. Lamoree has assisted in both investor-state and commercial arbitration proceedings.

Ms. Lamoree regularly assists in a variety of criminal and civil litigation matters involving complex factual and legal issues in both federal and state courts.  She has experience in white-collar criminal defense, having worked on several complex cases involving securities and accounting fraud and bribery.  Ms. Lamoree’s commercial litigation experience includes work on lawsuits involving RICO, fraud, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and contract disputes. 

Ms. Lamoree participates in Steptoe’s pro bono program, including representing a death-row inmate.

Select News & Events

• Steptoe FCPA Alert Published by Competition Law360

Selected Publications

• International Law Advisory - Flurry of FCPA Cases Closes Out 2009; Enforcement Continues Apace in Early 2010
  March 16, 2010
• Private Investor Frederic Bourke Sentenced to Prison and $1 Million Fine
  November 16, 2009, International Law Advisory
• International Law Advisory - SEC Adopts Several Expansive Applications of the Federal Securities Laws in the Recent FCPA Enforcement Action Against Nature’s Sunshine and Two Senior Executives
  September 8, 2009
• International Law Advisory - Private Investor Convicted for Involvement in Scheme to Bribe Officials in the Republic of Azerbaijan
  July 22, 2009
• International Law Advisory - Halliburton and KBR Agree to Near-Record Penalties; Additional Indictment Unsealed as US Seeks Extradition of UK Agents
  March 19, 2009
• International Law Advisory - 2008 Year End FCPA Round-Up—The Shoes Just Keep Dropping
  January 27, 2009
• International Law Advisory - Record US and German Settlements of the Siemens Case Reflect New Realities of Corruption Cases
  January 8, 2009
• High-Level Executives Targeted for FCPA Enforcement; Continued Scrutiny of Foreign Subsidiary Operations
  October 8, 2008

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