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Litigation Partner Cheryl Scarboro has been recognized as one of “The 25 Most Influential Women in Securities Law” by Law360. Cheryl was honored for her work as the first-ever chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit. In that role she spearheaded the agency's investigation into an Oil-for-Food scandal and negotiated the settlement in the largest FCPA enforcement action to date. 

Her former colleagues at the SEC praised her diligence and her thorough approach to every case. Gregory S. Bruch, a former SEC colleague said, “I think she's one of the strongest analytical lawyers in the securities enforcement bar.” Linda Chatman Thomsen, who was the director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement during the Oil-for-Food investigation noted that Cheryl “was very thorough, she was very methodical, very careful, and I always found her very principled.” 

While Cheryl’s work in private practice has changed from her work in government, her approach remains the same. “For me, I've always felt that my job at the commission, particularly as I got higher up in terms of my level of responsibility, was to think through a lot of different issues in terms of facts and policy and come up with what I thought was the right — the best — result, and that's what I still do,” Cheryl said. 

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