Overview
Kane Smith advises clients on government investigations and white-collar criminal defense matters. He represents individual and corporate clients in criminal and internal investigations, including matters related to government grant fraud, energy commodities, and securities.
Kane has experience with advising on internal investigations in connection with the US Department of Justice related to diesel emissions, wire fraud conspiracy cases, and FCPA-related investigations, among others. He also has experience representing clients before interviews with government agencies and responding to agency actions, such as the Federal Election Commission. Kane also devotes his time to pro bono work, including assisting clients in a US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation as well as a death penalty case. He has also represented a defendant in a China Initiative case resulting in acquittal on the two-wire fraud counts on a Rule 29 motion.
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.
- District of Columbia
- New York
- J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2022, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, Articles Editor, American University Law Review
- B.A., University of Tennessee, 2019, summa cum laude, Communication & Political Science
News & Publications
Client Alerts
FCPA/Anti-Corruption Developments: 2023 Year in Review
April 12, 2024
By: Iris E. Bennett, Rachel B. Peck, Emily L. Shook, Kane Smith
First to File
September 19, 2023
By: Patrick F. Linehan, Paul R. Hurst, Amba M. Datta, Caitlin Conroy, Joshua Dupre, Rose Beattie, Kane Smith
First to File
July 28, 2023
By: Amba M. Datta, Tyler Evans, Paul R. Hurst, Patrick F. Linehan, Caitlin Conroy, Anna Menzel, Joshua Dupre, Rose Beattie, Kane Smith