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Simpson Thacher welcomes Brooke E. Cucinella, a former federal securities fraud prosecutor, who has joined the Firm as a Litigation Partner.

Brooke joined the Firm from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she had served since 2012 as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division and as a senior member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. As a federal prosecutor, she tried multiple significant cases and oversaw numerous investigations involving federal and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Brooke was responsible for investigating and prosecuting a wide range of complex financial crimes, including accounting fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, wire fraud, bank fraud, tax fraud and money laundering. She also has significant experience coordinating cross-border investigations.

The announcement of Brooke’s arrival received prominent media coverage in New York Law Journal, Law360, Global Investigations Review and The Deal (subscriptions required).