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Ms. Abou-Rahme is partner in McKee Nelson's Business Litigation Group. Her practice covers a wide range of complex commercial and criminal litigation matters in federal and state courts, with particular focus on securities litigation and internal investigations. Ms. Abou-Rahme's experience includes representing:
Financial institutions in securities class action litigation matters relating to the institutions' roles as underwriters and the activities of the institutions' equity analysts
Financial institutions in a billion dollar bankruptcy litigation alleging fraudulent transfer and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claims
An audit committee in an independent, company-wide investigation of the accounting practices and financial statements of a large financial services company
Independent members of the board of trustees in investigations of mutual funds practices
A financial institution in cases involving securities backed by healthcare receivables arising out of the collapse of National Century Financial Enterprises and its affiliates
An individual in a federal criminal RICO conspiracy case that culminated in a jury trial in the Southern District of New York
A 1999 cum laude graduate from Georgetown University Law Center, Ms. Abou-Rahme served as senior articles & notes editor of the American Criminal Law Review and co-authored the "Procedural Issues" chapter of the Thirteenth Survey of White Collar Crime (Spring 1998). She received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992.
Ms. Abou-Rahme is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where she served as secretary of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee from 2000-2001. | 