Kane Smith

Kane Smith advises clients on government investigations and white-collar criminal defense matters. He represents individual and corporate clients in criminal and internal investigations in a variety of industries, including energy commodities, finance, cryptocurrency and blockchain, securities, healthcare, and automotive and transportation.

Kane has represented clients in matters before the US Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company Accountability Oversight Board, and state securities regulators. His government experience spans all phases of enforcement, including pre-indictment investigations, responses to subpoenas, and negotiations with government agencies before, during, and after trial. Kane has also assisted clients globally with FCPA-related investigations and defended clients against charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, securities fraud, false claims, false statements, identity theft, and environmental crimes. He has experience representing clients before interviews with government agencies and responding to agency actions, such as those from the Federal Election Commission.

Kane provides pro bono work, which has included assisting in a US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation as well as a death penalty case. He has also helped draft an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of 164 Members of Congress in United States v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477.

During law school, Kane served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.